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By Michelle Nichols
Reuters

The?U . n .?program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Thursday named tailor and former Spice Girl?Victoria?Beckham?a goodwill ambassador.

Beckham, who said she was required to help from “life-changing” stop by at HIV clinics in?Africa, will center on working toward making certain that all young children are born devoid of HIV and therefore children and girls who definitely are to control and suffering from HIV have medicines and care, UNAIDS said.

“It’s taken me dealing with Age forty to appreciate I have a responsibility as a woman, like a mother, I\’ve a voice that folks will tune in to,” she told a news conference on the?U . n .?about the sidelines from the U.N. General Assembly.

“I’m not visiting sit here and pretend to know everything at the moment, I don’t, I’m learning,” said Beckham, adding she planned to take field trips for more information on the condition and the way she can help.

Sub-Saharan Africa?could be the region hardest hit by HIV, with 24.7 million HIV-positive individuals 2013. Women account for 58 percent of those with HIV in the community, which is also the place to find 85 % of expecting mothers with HIV, based on UNAIDS.

Last month Beckham auctioned off 600 waste clothing, including several evening dresses, to make money and awareness for mothers managing HIV in?sub-Saharan Africa.

UNAIDS revealed that in 2013, 33 % of expecting mothers experiencing HIV was missing accessibility to the life-saving medicines and several 240,000 children became who have contracted HIV. In yesteryear incomes entry to antiretroviral medicines for pregnant women with HIV helped 900,000 children to get born without HIV.

(Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Diane Craft)