This program was established in 2000, and it offers emotional and educational support and medical services for over 400 children with HIV aged 3 to 15 in Latin America and the Caribbean. It strives to help children achieve a healthy adolescence that may otherwise elude them given their precarious health situation by using three different components:
An integral part of our Program for Children and Adolescents with HIV is the initiative “Aprendo a Amarme y a Cuidarme” (Learning to Love and Take Care of Myself), which provides children with the tools they need to prepare for their medical consultations and to achieve treatment adherence.
Through this program, children learn how to better express their feelings and emotions as well as increase their confidence and social skills, making their health a priority in their own way which helps to ensure adherence to treatment.
The objectives of this program are:
By introducing the three components and through regular collaboration with parents and personal physicians of the students, the staff creates a program tailored to each child that assists this vulnerable population.
