Dimensions of the emerging orphan crisis in sub-Saharan Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1235-1247

  Bicego, George ^a   Rutstein, Shea ^a   Johnson, Kiersten ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Children; Education; HIV; Mortality; Orphans; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MORTALITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; ORPHANAGE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0037367172     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00125-9     Document Type: Article

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