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If the mere thought of AIDS scares a lot of people, then they might want to think about this: “More than 1,000 children are newly infected with HIV every day, and of these more than half will die as a result of AIDS because of a lack of access to HIV treatment.” That means for each day, there are thousands of children who undeservingly get afflicted with a disease they are unfamiliar with; who suffer the consequences of a disease they have had no involvement with; who die in the hands of an incurable plague even before their eyes open up to the truth. Such are dreadful afterthoughts, but they are part of reality.
This is where the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EPGAF) comes in: to spare the children from the repercussions of the dreaded disease.
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Founded in 1988 as an answer to a mother’s fight to save her children from the pangs of AIDS, EPGAF has been instrumental in helping the cause to virtually eliminating pediatric AIDS in the US and Europe. However, the fight does not stop there. In other parts of the world, particularly in Africa, many children still become infected with HIV, as 90 percent contract the virus through mother-to-child transmission.
As long as there are children who, by a cruel twist of fate, have become the unwanted carriers of this infamous pandemic, EPGAF will not rest in fighting for its cause: a world where children can play without fear from AIDS.
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The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is able to fulfill its mission through the generosity of philanthropists, such as Alex von Furstenberg. Learn more about Mr. von Furstenberg’s philanthropic endeavors by visiting his official website.
