Prescription for Life: Take Action to Help Children Living with HIV

The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) developed this short action guide for communities, organisations, and individuals who want to help children who are living with HIV. This advocacy guide is intended for use by teachers, parents, youth leaders, and others. Plans for three activities for youth groups, schools, and families are included:

1. learning about children and HIV
   
2. writing letters to government health ministries and pharmaceutical companies 
3. gaining media coverage of letter writing activities and of the issues.

It is focused on a campaign to generate letters by September 2009 and explains the aim of writing to governments and pharmaceutical companies. It includes sample letters, as well as tips for approaching the media to further publicise the campaign. This action guide builds on the EAA’s teaching resource on advocacy and HIV and AIDS, which is available for fuller information about teaching children about AIDS and advocating for progress in prevention, treatment, care, and support.