The “Tide is Turning” for AIDS Evidence presented at the International AIDS Conference in Washington DC this year suggested that significant recent breakthroughs could well be changing the trajectory of the epidemic. >>

Eliminating New HIV Infections in Children: Report Assesses Catholic Organizations’ Engagement with Global Plan Catholic organizations have made substantial progress in preventing the transmission of HIV from mothers to children, and in keeping HIV-positive mothers alive, says a new report. But more needs to be done. >>

Compassion and Care for Nepal’s HIV patients “My husband was getting sick a lot. He had tests—we went to different hospitals.” In the early 2000s, Manjula*, a woman raised in India but living in Nepal, was concerned that both her husband and small daughter were so often ill. “Then we went to a shaman. He said my husband got sick because he married a non-Nepali girl.” >>

Ten Things You Might Not Know about Tuberculosis and Children Saturday March 24th is World Tuberculosis Day, a day which raises awareness about an old disease that still kills. As part of its campaign to promote early testing and treatment of children living with HIV, Caritas Internationalis also focuses on TB, which often affects HIV-positive children because of their weak immune systems. >>

Caritas World AIDS Day message on right to health for mothers and children On World AIDS Day 2011, Caritas Internationalis says it is unjust that more than 800 children are dying each day of AIDS-related diseases. >>