| Description |
1 online resource (284 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Research in International Studies, Africa Series
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Research in international studies. Africa series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
AIDS (Disease) in children -- Africa.
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AIDS (Disease) in children. |
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Africa. |
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Children of AIDS patients -- Africa.
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Children of AIDS patients. |
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Orphans -- Africa.
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Orphans. |
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. |
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Child of Impaired Parents. |
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Child Welfare. |
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Foster Home Care. |
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Social Problems. |
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Africa. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Howard, W. Stephen.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Singhal, Arvind. Children of Africa Confront AIDS : From Vulnerability to Possibility. Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, ©2003 |
| ISBN |
9780896804456 (electronic book) |
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0896804453 (electronic book) |
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0896802329 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780896802322 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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