Forty percent
of BeadforLife's 140 members are HIV+, including our Nsambia group which is comprised
only of HIV+ women. Despite this high rate of infection, only 16% of the children
have been tested for HIV, although all children of HIV parents are at higher risk.
Because of this, BeadforLife recently partnered with the Pediatric Infectious
Disease Clinic (PIDC) to provide testing for the children of HIV positive members
as part of our community development focus.
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