Federer campaigns for Unicef against AIDS

Unicef ambassador Roger Federer makes a strong case for children in a video message to mark World AIDS Day on December 1. The number one tennis player points out that the youngest children must not be forgotten in the fight against AIDS: "Every minute a child is born with HIV," is the worrying message. Federer has been an ambassador for the aid organization since 2006 and has since visited various regions in Africa and India, where he has met children suffering from AIDS. According to Unicef, the number of HIV-infected children worldwide has risen by around one million in the last six years to an estimated 2.5 million. Every day, 1,100 children are infected with HIV. The aid organization is fighting against this: It wants to prevent the transmission of the virus from mothers to children, ensure medical treatment, provide preventive education and provide appropriate care for affected children.