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Minnesota Summer Camp for HIV-Positive Kids Closes Down–Because There Aren't Any More

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One Heartland was founded in 1993 after Neil Willenson read about a 5-year-old HIV-positive child in Milwaukee facing isolation and stigma at school.

Perinatal transmission of HIV, occurring when children contract the virus while in the womb or breastfeeding, has fallen to below 1% in the United States .

Globally, new HIV infections among children up to age 14 have declined by 38% since 2015 .