Conference to strengthen fight against HIV in children

KIGALI - This year’s National Pediatric Conference on Children Infected and affected by HIV that is scheduled to take place this week will focus on strategies of achieving Millennium Development Goal six, according to the National Aids Control Commission (CNLS). The MDG 6 aims at fighting HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and other epidemics through halting and reversing their prevalence by the year 2015. The three-day conference to be held under the theme, ‘Count down to 2015 Targets for Children and HIV – Achieving MDG number 6,’ will bring together over 350 policymakers, researchers, children, health workers, and different NGOs.