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Children's Aid, formerly the Children's Aid Society, [6] is a private child welfare nonprofit in New York City founded in 1853 by Charles Loring Brace.With an annual budget of over $100 million, 45 citywide sites, and over 1,200 full-time employees, Children's Aid is one of America's oldest and largest children's nonprofits.
To slow the spread of the epidemic, PEPFAR supports a variety of prevention programs: the ABC approach (Abstain, Be faithful, and correct and consistent use of Condoms); prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) interventions; and programs focusing on blood safety, injection safety, secondary prevention ("prevention with positives ...
Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS is a global Campaign launched by UNICEF in 2005 to raise awareness of the plight of children globally in relation to HIV and AIDS, and to spur action. Almost every minute of every day, a child dies because of AIDS, and another two young people are infected with HIV. [ 1 ]
The International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes is a professional organization located in Berlin, Germany, whose aims are to promote clinical basic science, research, education and advocacy in childhood and adolescent diabetes. ISPAD publishes the journal Pediatric Diabetes. The organization was established in 1974.
Some studies have shown delayed progression to diabetes in predisposed patients through prophylactic use of metformin, [17] [5] rosiglitazone, [18] or valsartan. [19] Lifestyle interventions are, however, more effective than metformin alone at preventing diabetes regardless of weight loss, [20] though evidence suggests that lifestyle interventions and metformin together can be effective ...
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AFCA focuses on treating children with AIDS and prescribing medication to mothers with HIV. It also makes plans to support orphanages in order to achieve self-sufficiency with greenhouses and community gardens by teaching older adolescents and young people in the communities they visit how to plant, harvest, and sell vegetables and fruits.
The first “test tube baby” was born in England in 1978, and since tracking officially began in 1985, more than 1.2 million babies have been born in the U.S. with the aid of assisted ...