The Dominican Republic's anti-AIDS program is well designed but needs more money to carry it out, a United Nations consultant was quoted by local media as saying Sunday.
Stefan Germann, a consultant who works for the UN anti-AIDS program, said Dominica's situation in fighting the disease is very serious.
He warned that some AIDS carriers are orphans and live under discrimination.
Some 50 million to 60 million children live with HIV across the world and many of them are orphans, Germann said.
"A child who has access to anti-retroviral drugs can complete his cycle of life, but if not he will not live longer than five years," said Germann, who teaches in South Africa's Nelson Mandela University.
At least 70,000 of the Dominican Republic's 9 million people are HIV positive, and social discrimination discourages many from seeking treatment.
Source: Xinhua
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