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1 online resource (284 pages) |
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Research in International Studies, Africa Series |
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Research in international studies. Africa series.
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| Contents |
Illustrations; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 AIDS, Orphans, and the Future of Democracy in Africa; 2 Civil Conflict, Sexual Violence, and HIV/AIDS; 3 The Vulnerability of Children and Orphaned Youth in Zimbabwe; 4 Reducing the Vulnerability of Africa's Children to HIV/AIDS; 5 Understanding the Psychological and Emotional Needs of AIDS Orphans in Africa; 6 Storytelling as a Psychological Intervention for AIDS Orphans in Africa; 7 HIV/AIDS, Children, and Sub-Saharan Africa; 8 For the Sake of the Children; 9 Participatory HIV Intervention with Ghanaian Youth |
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10 How Communities Help Families Cope with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe11 Sara: A Role Model for African Girls Facing HIV/AIDS; 12 The Treatment of AIDS in Soul Buddyz; 13 "HIV Is Gold, AIDS Is Platinum"; 15 Communication Strategies for Confronting AIDS; Contributors; Index of Names; Index of Subjects |
| Summary |
AIDS is now the leading cause of death in Africa, where twenty-eight million people are HIV-positive, and where some twelve million children have lost one or both parents to AIDS. In Zimbabwe, 45 percent of children under the age of five are HIV-positive, and the epidemic has shortened life expectancy by twenty-two years. A fifteen-year-old in Botswana or South Africa has a one-in-two chance of dying of AIDS. AIDS deaths are so widespread in sub-Saharan Africa that small children now play a new game called "Funerals." The Children of Africa Confront AIDS depicts the reality of how African ch |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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AIDS (Disease) in children -- Africa
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Children of AIDS patients -- Africa
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Orphans -- Africa
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Social problems.
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AIDS (Disease)
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Child of Impaired Parents
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Social Problems
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Child Welfare
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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Foster Home Care
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social issues.
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MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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Social problems
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AIDS (Disease)
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AIDS (Disease) in children
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Children of AIDS patients
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Orphans
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Kind
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Aids
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Africa. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001531
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Africa |
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Africa
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Afrika
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Howard, W. Stephen.
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| LC no. |
2003056311 |
| ISBN |
9780896804456 |
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0896804453 |
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