HIV and AIDS

Yet key data to measure the impact and spread of the infection is only collected for people aged up to 49.

This exclusion means older people are often invisible in policies to tackle the epidemic. It also means that the vital role older people play as carers for people living with HIV, and children orphaned by the virus, goes unrecognised and unsupported.

We want the government to press the UN to include older people in all HIV and AIDS monitoring. This is the only way for older people take their rightful place at the heart of strategies to tackle the epidemic.

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This petition is part of Age Demands Action, a global campaign coordinated by HelpAge International and supported by Help the Aged. We call for older people to be included in development policies and practice.

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