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Fri, 05/13/2011 - 07:35
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REMOVE PREJUDICE AGAINST CHILDREN WITH HIV/AIDS, SAYS PM'S WIFE
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 (Bernama) -- The prime minister's wife Rosmah Mansor Thursday called on society to remove all prejudice against children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS.
She said as a responsible society, Malaysian society could help change attitudes by fighting against discrimination against those living with HIV/AIDS.
Rosmah said all quarters should also help to create a secure environment for children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS by ensuring that their rights were protected and given treatment and the social support needed.
"For families with a member or more having HIV/AIDS, they not only have to deal with the infection but also the social stigma which can put them under duress.
"Stigma has also caused children with HIV/AIDS to be shunned by teachers and schoolmates, and this stigma too has landed some of these children on the streets when no one cares for them."
She said this in her speech, here, today when visiting WAKE 1, a shelter home for children orphaned and made vulnerable by AIDS. It is run by the Women and Health Organisation Kuala Lumpur.
Rosmah who is also the patron of the Malaysian AIDS Foundation, said society must also be educated about HIV infection and how AIDS could spread.
She aso urged non-governmental organisations and the private sector to take proactive measures in transforming people's mindset through campaigns that could instil love, kindness and care for children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS so that they could lead normal lives like other children.
She said the corporate sector and concerned individuals could also
contribute in cash, kind or services to assist these children and adolescents.
"I would also like to advise parents, teachers and members of the community to encourage these children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS to learn whatever field or skills they choose to learn so that they can have jobs in future to support themselves."
Besides looking at how the 13 children with HIV at the Wake centre were cared for and taught, Rosmah also handed out contributions to these children aged between five and 17.
She said as a responsible society, Malaysian society could help change attitudes by fighting against discrimination against those living with HIV/AIDS.
Rosmah said all quarters should also help to create a secure environment for children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS by ensuring that their rights were protected and given treatment and the social support needed.
"For families with a member or more having HIV/AIDS, they not only have to deal with the infection but also the social stigma which can put them under duress.
"Stigma has also caused children with HIV/AIDS to be shunned by teachers and schoolmates, and this stigma too has landed some of these children on the streets when no one cares for them."
She said this in her speech, here, today when visiting WAKE 1, a shelter home for children orphaned and made vulnerable by AIDS. It is run by the Women and Health Organisation Kuala Lumpur.
Rosmah who is also the patron of the Malaysian AIDS Foundation, said society must also be educated about HIV infection and how AIDS could spread.
She aso urged non-governmental organisations and the private sector to take proactive measures in transforming people's mindset through campaigns that could instil love, kindness and care for children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS so that they could lead normal lives like other children.
She said the corporate sector and concerned individuals could also
contribute in cash, kind or services to assist these children and adolescents.
"I would also like to advise parents, teachers and members of the community to encourage these children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS to learn whatever field or skills they choose to learn so that they can have jobs in future to support themselves."
Besides looking at how the 13 children with HIV at the Wake centre were cared for and taught, Rosmah also handed out contributions to these children aged between five and 17.
