Support for children with HIV

HIV (human immuno-deficiency virus) is a virus that attacks a person's immune system: the body's defence against infections. If someone is infected with HIV, this person is more vulnerable to infections.

When the immune system has suffered a certain amount of damage, or if a person is very ill because of this, the person may be diagnosed as having AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). People infected with HIV can remain healthy for years before developing AIDS – and may not even be aware that they are infected.

We provide support and advice for children and young people who have HIV or are affected by HIV.

Further information

If you are a young person who has HIV, please contact our children with disabilities team. If you are a young person who is affected by a relative who has HIV, please contact our advice and assessment teams.

You can contact our children with disabilities team through our duty social worker who is available from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. The child development team can also be contacted through this social worker.

Contact:

Children with Disabilities Team
Cheviot House
227-223 Commercial Road
London E1 2BU

Tel: 020 7364 3840
Minicom: 020 7364 2837

We have two advice and assessment teams:

If you are living in the west of the borough

Advice and Assessment West
Cheviot House
227-223 Commercial Road
London E1

Tel: 020 7364 3859

If you live in the east of the borough

Advice and Assessment East
Gladstone Place
1 Ewart Place
Bow
London E3

Tel: 020 7364 5606