"The Luggage that isn't Theirs is Too Heavy...": Understandings of Orphan Disadvantage in Lesotho

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-83

  Goldberg, Rachel E ^a   Short, Susan E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; HIV AIDS; Lesotho; Orphans; Resource allocation; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KINSHIP; ORPHAN; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL POLICY;

LESOTHO;

EID: 84855704352     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-011-9223-4     Document Type: Article

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