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China's only school for HIV-positive children opens

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A former hospital director in China has established the nation's sole school dedicated to educating children with HIV. Guo Xiaoping founded the Red Ribbon Primary School in 2006 after initially creating a makeshift classroom in 2004 to provide education for children in his hospital's HIV ward. The school offers a sanctuary for children who have contracted HIV at birth, many of whom are orphans or have been abandoned, enabling them to lead healthy lives with proper care and medication. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Zoey Zhang ·

    Ex-hospital director opens China’s only school for HIV-positive children to provide shelter

    A former hospital director in northern China has dedicated over two decades to creating an educational sanctuary for children living with HIV. Guo Xiaoping, 63, a former director of an infectious diseases hospital in Linfen, Shanxi province, began his mission in 2004 after discov…

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