HIV/AIDS Assistance

United States House moves to help AIDS orphans in developing nations

Published in AIDS Weekly and Law, July 8th, 2004

The United States House of Representatives has directed the government to increase its help for orphans and vulnerable children in developing countries and moved to set up a new office concentrating on children who lose their parents to AIDS.

Under legislation passed by voice vote, the office in the U.S. Agency for International Development would coordinate efforts to provide basic care and HIV/AIDS treatment to orphans and vulnerable children in developing countries. It would also oversee school food and education programs and work to eliminate school fees and protect the inheritance rights for orphans.

Representative Barbara Lee, D-California,...

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