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Date received: 2008-03-25 Language: Ðóññêèé Code: 68 Year published: 2006 Organization: Russian Red Cross, Irkutsk Regional Branch Carrier: Printed and electronic |
This small book contains information for parents of children of pre-school age living with HIV. What is HIV-infection and AIDS? How is HIV transmitted? Are there ways to prevent HIV transmission from mother-to-child? How to detect HIV in a child? How does the medical examination of a child take place? How to save health of an HIV-positive child? Why is it necessary to be in constant contact with the physician? To what special attention should be given? Can a medical worker reject HIV-positive child in providing help? Can a child take ARV drugs? Can an HIV-positive child go to kindergarten? Is it safe for healthy children to be around an HIV-positive child at a kindergarten? What is meant by “infectious control” and “emergency situations”? Should “special conditions” for keeping HIV-positive children be created at kindergartens? Is walking needed for an HIV-positive child? Why are hygienic procedures so important? Can physical training (with warm and cool water) be organized for an HIV-positive person? What is the best way to organize nutrition of an HIV-positive child? Is vaccination permitted and is it necessary at all for children with HIV? Is it necessary to inform specialists at kindergartens about the child’s diagnosis? What is “medical secrecy”? What rights do parents of an HIV-positive child have? What is stigma and discrimination and how these phenomena may influence the child’s life?
