Quote Originally Posted by crazycanuck View Post
Here's a good article http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7754007.stm

I still remember Ryan White
While personaly cancer has effected myself and family more but my feelings about AIDS/HIV are complex and deep.

One thing is that kids don't get enough attention in this pandemic. I got a chance to tour Oakland Children's Hospital AIDS ward once. We did not meet the kids and parents but talked at length to the staff.

For families in poverty having AIDS one might as well be in a developing country. Some medication requires temp control, most have elaborate timing involved; take this before a meal, that after etc. A Dr. pointed out they have homeless patients. How do you keep the kids meds refrigerated? How do you get them regular meals?

He also said and I don't know if this is true but if they can keep the kids well through adolescence often the virus dissapears. But how to do that is the challenge and some fall through the cracks of medical care.