Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Sally Keeble (Labour), on Monday, 22 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 67 members in total.

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IMPROVING SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AFFECTED BY AIDS

That this House welcomes the Government's consultation process for its new strategy to tackle HIV and AIDS across the world; notes with concern the 15 million children orphaned by AIDS worldwide; calls on the Government in its new HIV and AIDS strategy (2008-2011) to continue to earmark at least 10 per cent. of all its HIV and AIDS funding for children affected by AIDS, support national governments in delivering comprehensive and integrated services to prevent mother to child transmission, place strong emphasis on the development of infant diagnostics adaptable to resource limited settings, ensure all children have full access to antiretroviral therapy and treatment for opportunistic infections by including children both in national treatment targets and when monitoring progress towards universal access and take specific steps to strengthen government departments responsible for the social welfare of children, as well as providing long-term funding and support to civil society organisations working with children affected by AIDS.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2171 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Lord Bruce of Bennachie

Mark Fisher

Neil Gerrard

Sandra Gidley

James Duddridge

Subjects

Children Developing countries HIV/AIDS

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk