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UNICEF Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS

The Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS campaign is the largest campaign ever mounted to bring the world’s attention to the global impact of HIV/AIDS on children and young people. It addresses the impact of HIV/AIDS on children not only in hardest-hit sub-Saharan Africa, but also in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Asia and the Americas. UNICEF Canada has made support of the Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS campaign top priority for the next five years (2007-2011).

The campaign objectives are to:

1. Prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission
   By 2010-2011, offer appropriate services to 80 per cent of women in need.
2. Provide paediatric treatment
   By 2010-2011, provide either antiretroviral treatment or cotrimoxazole, or both, to 80 per cent of children in need.
3. Prevent infection among adolescents and young people
   By 2010-2011, reduce the percentage of young people living with HIV by 25 per cent globally.
4. Protect and support children affected by HIV/AIDS
   By 2010-2011, reach 80 per cent of children most in need.

Alison Lawton has been appointed National Chair of the Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS Campaign for UNICEF Canada. Mindset supports UNICEF Canada in its efforts to develop progressive ways to support the objectives, fundraise for the initiatives and raise awareness of the overall campaign.

Mindset Foundation in partnership with UNICEF Canada produced Hope in the Time of AIDS to be used in their educational/promotional initiatives around the Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS campaign. The 25-minute documentary is narrated by Pierce Brosnan and features interviews with Stephen Lewis and Romeo Dallaire.