Eve van Grafhorst (17 July 1982 – 20 November 1993) was one of the first Australian children to be infected with HIV via a blood transfusion. She became the centre of a controversy in 1985 when she was banned from her local pre-school amid fears she might infect other children.[1]
Van Grafhorst was born prematurely in 1982, and required eleven blood transfusions to save her life. One of the transfusions was contaminated, and she contracted HIV.[2]
In February 1985, her parents enrolled her in a pre-school in Kincumber, New South Wales. When she bit another child,[3] the state medical officer for New South Wales said van Grafhorst should be barred from daycare until she was older.[3] After her condition became known, parents of other preschoolers threatened to withdraw their children if she was re-enrolled, saying that the young girl posed a grave threat of infection.[2][4] She was eventually permitted to attend school, provided she wore a plastic face mask at all times.[5] Some parents felt that was insufficient, and that the van Grafhorsts should leave town.[6]
The van Grafhorsts did leave, moving to Hastings, New Zealand, in 1986.[7] In contrast to their Australian experience, the van Grafhorst family was welcomed in Hastings. Eve lived a relatively normal life, and attended a local school without incident.[8][9]
In 1992, she received a Variety Gold Heart Award. Her story had been widely reported throughout the world and, on her tenth birthday, Eve, dressed as a radiant bride, was sent a letter and autographed photograph of Diana, Princess of Wales. After Eve died at home in 1993, aged 11, her mother, Gloria, received a sympathetic letter from Diana, praising Eve for her "courage and strength".[10]
^"All about Eve: Television – 1994". NZ on screen. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
External linksedit
– AIDS awareness event focusing on van Grafhorst's battles
Eve van Grafhorst was diagnosed with HIV and hounded out of Australia, but her legacy endures, ABC, 18-Nov-2018
January 01, 1970
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