The rapidly accelerating AIDS epidemic of the 90s and its current state of “hyperendemicity” in southern Africa have affected the levels, intensity and nature of vulnerability.
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The social impact of cash transfers
This study explores one aspect of the broader issues of social networks.
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Placing HIV-positive mothers at the centre of planning for orphans and vulnerable children
Worldwide, more than 14 million children have lost a parent to HIV/AIDS. In South Africa, the current epicentre of the epidemic, it is estimated that by 2010, 16% of children will be orphaned by AIDS.
working paper
Orphans in Malawi
"As in many Sub-Saharan countries, the issue of orphan-care has risen to the top of social protection agenda in Malawi, where the prevalence of orphaned children has dramatically increased because of early deaths of parents infected by the HI
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Children in the shadow of AIDS
This paper examines the experiences of children affected by HIV/AIDS in three provinces of South Africa.
"The HIV epidemic has created over 10 million orphans in sub-Saharan Africa and countless other children are affected by the disease, whether by living with a parent who is chronically ill or living in a household that is hosting orphans.