Rethinking the orphan crisis: Community-based responses to orphan care in Malawi

Children's Rights and International Development: Lessons and Challenges from the Field

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 221-239

  Riley, Liam ^a   Lupafya, Esther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Health Care Division   (Malawi)

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EID: 84888001637     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230119253     Document Type: Chapter

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