A new free handbook, Developing Support Services for Children, YoungPeople and Families Living with HIV, aims to bridge this gap by offeringinformation and good practice ideas for building new services andreviewing existing ones. The handbook, published by the NationalChildren's Bureau, has been produced by the Children and Young PeopleHIV Network with the support of the African HIV Policy Network and theChildren With Aids Charity.
Current figures suggest more than 1,000 under-19s in the UK are infectedwith HIV, while up to 20,000 are estimated to be living in familieswhere one or more members have the virus.
"Where children and young people living with HIV are concerned it isoften a case of high needs, low prevalence," said author Magda Conway,co-ordinator of the Children and Young People HIV Network. "In someregions there may only be two or three children living with the virus.So it may not viable to develop a specialist service - but it should notmean those children's needs are neglected."
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