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"Training eases fear of AIDS orphans"
The
Star (www.thestar.com.my)
(03/11/05)
“WE were very scared,” said Feng Liqing, a nurse at the Lincang children
welfare facility in Yunnan province, a major region hit by HIV/AIDS in
China, while recalling what had happened last summer.
When nurses at the children’s welfare facility received an orphan from civil
affairs officials one summer day, they were very scared – the child was
found to be HIV-positive.
The same fear can be found elsewhere in many of China's welfare facilities
today.
To address this problem, the China Charity Federation organised this week
the first-ever training seminar on HIV/AIDS knowledge for over 100 staffers
at children’s welfare facilities.
“This seminar is to equip them with HIV/AIDS knowledge, and to help them
treat children affected by HIV/AIDS in the same as other kids,” said Liu
Hongwei, a federation official. — China Daily
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