Boy with HIV assured of care, education

China's health authority has pledged to assure Kun Kun, an 8-year-old boy with HIV/AIDS, the right to medical treatment, a living allowance and a school education.

Last week, 203 of Shufangya village's 900 residents in Sichuan province put their red thumbprints on a petition demanding that Kun Kun (not his real name) leave their village, citing his HIV infection and concerns that it would spread, media reports said. The grandparents also signed the petition.

In 2011, doctors who were treating Kun Kun for an eye injury discovered that he is HIV-positive.