Every day, nearly 2,000 children are infected with HIV

Around the world, nearly 2,000 children are infected with HIV every day, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), announcing the November 20 World Children's Day.

(Photo: soschildrensvillages) Worldwide, there are currently 15 million children who are orphaned by AIDS and every day nearly 2,000 children are infected with HIV. Each year 10 million children under 5 years of age die from preventable diseases and due to malnutrition, while about 40 million babies are born unborn.

These are statistics published by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on the occasion of World Children's Day November 20.

According to the Vietnam News Agency reporter at the United Nations (UN), since 1959, the UN has decided to take November 20 every year as the World Children's Day to raise awareness and determination to solve problems. pressing involves children. At the same time, promoting friendship and understanding between global children.

On the UN agenda, children - the future of the world - are always a great concern. In 1959, the UN adopted the Declaration on the Rights of the Child and in 1989 the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Six of the UN's eight Millennium Development Goals are directly related to children, and the implementation of these goals will help improve the lives of hundreds of millions of children worldwide.

The goal of the UN in caring for children focuses on the areas of improving health and hygiene conditions, reducing child mortality, eliminating extreme poverty, and enabling children. universal primary education. The UN also takes drastic action to eliminate discrimination against children, especially girls, against violence against children, and to protect children in conflict situations.

In particular, the 2001-2010 period was announced by the UN as the "International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Violence against Children" ".