Rising incidence and prevalence of orphanhood in Manicaland, Zimbabwe, 1998 to 2003

AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 717-725

  Watts, Helen ^a   Lopman, Ben ^a   Nyamukapa, Constance ^a,b   Gregson, Simon ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Cohort survey; HIV AIDS; Orphan incidence; Orphans; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; ORPHANAGE; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 17844409121     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000166095.62187.df     Document Type: Article

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