HIV/AIDS in childhood – a special case

HIV pediatric pathology is currently facing a large number of specialists such as neonatologists, pediatricians, family physicians, oncologists, otorhinolaryngologists, pharmacists, pediatric infectious disease, etc. The involvement of epidemiologists, nurses, social workers, sociologists, support groups together not by politicians is imperative, essential for the diagnosis, management and prevention of HIV infection require focusing on mothers of children and families within dysfunctions social and poverty. Social problems that a child infected with HIV face are almost always overwhelming: drug abuse, discrimination against minority people living with HIV, poverty, poor access to adequate medical services, family breaking when the HIV status of a family member is learned by and other domestic violence, are important to consider. Countries like Romania must learn what is good and what is bad about the AIDS epidemic in the US and Western Europe not to repeat their mistakes and at the same time to rediscover principles generally available today.