FAQ for Children

My mom is suffering from HIV/AIDS. Is she going to die?
Many people suffering from HIV/AIDS live full lives when the disease is well managed. Through the available medicine and treatments, people with HIV/AIDS can and often do live as busy and active a life as those without the disease.

My brother is HIV positive. Can I get infected from him?
Casual contact cannot cause infection. Playing sport together, rough-housing, hugging, kissing, shaking hands - none of these sorts of things can cause the HIV infection to spread.

What can cause infection is the exchange of bodily fluids. For example, if your brother has a cut and you touch it with a cut on your hand.

Who can I talk to about HIV?
Of course you can talk to us at CAFPH. Our contact details can be easily found on this website. Our telephone number is 01582 726 061 or you can email us at info@cafph.org.

You can also speak to people at Grandma's and the Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Grandma's
PO Box 1392
London SW6 4EJ

(t) 020 7610 3904
(e) headoffice@grandmas.org.uk

Great Ormond Street Hospital
(t) 020 7813 850
(e) novelv@gosh.nhs.uk
(w) www.gosh.nhs.uk

How can I meet other young people whose parents or relatives are suffering from HIV/AIDS?
Through CAFPH for starters. We encourage you to get in touch with us and we can put you in touch with others who are in a similar situation.

You can also contact Body and Soul, a UK charity supporting children, teenagers, women, heterosexual men and their families who are living with or closely affected by HIV and AIDS. Body and Soul can be contacted at:

Body and Soul
(t) 020 7383 7678
(f) 020 7383 2014
(e) info@bodyandsoulcharity.org
(w) www.bodyandsoulcharity.org