Psychosocial Issues Affecting Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in Two South African Communities
Psychosocial Issues Affecting Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in Two South African Communities

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Publisher: HSRC Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780796921505

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In collaboration with several partner organizations, the project currently focuses on how children, families and communities in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe are coping with the impact of HIV/AIDS. The aim of the project is to develop models of best practise so as to enhance and improve support structures for OVC in the southern African region as a whole.

Children and AIDS
Children and AIDS

Author: Margaret Lombe

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-05-08

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 113479634X

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The disproportional loss of individuals to HIV/AIDS in their most productive years raises concerns over the welfare of surviving members of affected families and communities. One consequence of the rapid increase in adult mortality is the rise in the proportion of children who are orphaned. Sub-Saharan Africa, accounts for about 90 percent of these. Mainly due to the staggering toll of HIV/AIDS, research effort has focused on treatment and prevention. Children have received attention primarily in relation to 'mother to child transmission' and paediatric AIDS. These issues are important and compelling but fail to capture the whole story - the unprecedented surge in the number of children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. In this book we reflect on the plight of children classified as vulnerable, review interventions implemented to improve their welfare and grapple with the concept of vulnerability as it relates to human rights and the African child.

Reaching Out to Africa's Orphans
Reaching Out to Africa's Orphans

Author: K. Subbarao

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780821358573

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This title makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the many risks and vulnerability faced by orphans and the ameliorating role played by the actions of governments and donors.

Africa's Orphaned and Vulnerable Generations
Africa's Orphaned and Vulnerable Generations

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Publisher: UNICEF

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9280640356

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Africa's Orphaned and Vulnerable Generations: Children affected by AIDS shows how the AIDS epidemic continues to affect children disproportionately and in many harmful ways, making them more vulnerable than other children, leaving many of them orphaned, and threatening their survival. Released by UNICEF, UNAIDS and PEPFAR (The US President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief), the report contains new and improved research on orphans and vulnerable children, including what governments, NGOs, the private sector and the international community can do to better respond.