Listen, Secrets! Issues and Research by Children Affected by HIV/ AIDS in Xijaing and Yunnan, China

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[March 2006] - This report, Listen, Secrets! is a report on children’s research in two locations in China that are heavily affected by HIV/AIDS. Yining City, is in Yili Prefecture, Xinjiang in north-west China bordering countries of central Asia. Yingjiang County is in
Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province in southern China bordering countries of south-east Asia. High HIV-prevalence in both areas stems from intravenous drug use, and their proximity to drug production areas in the `Golden Crescent’ and the`Golden Triangle’. These circumstances have tended to result in a focus on issues related to adults, with less attention paid to children hence this research. But children are not a single, homogenous group, and their circumstances, ideas and issues vary by location as well as age, gender and other aspects of human diversity.

This report from children’s research focuses on the main concerns of children in these areas, their definitions of children in difficulties, their difficulties and expectations, and particularly, the impact of HIV/AIDS upon children.

pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/save_china_listensecrets!.pdf

Organisation: 
Save the Children UK - China Office
Attachment Link: 
http://www.crin.org/docs/save_china_listensecrets!.pdf

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