South Africa and Children and young people
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- Researchers use South African prevalence study as further evidence of high rates of medical transmission of HIV
- S. Brody; D. Gisselquist; J. Potterat; E. Druckerb / British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2003
- This paper is the latest in a series arguing that HIV transmission in Africa is attributable to unsafe medical practices in far more cases than have been previously believed. The authors begin with data from a recent, comprehensive, p...
- Social marketing for young people's sexual health - what works?
- Population Services International, 2000
- This report, produced by Population Services International (PSI), describes a project that tested the impact of youth-oriented social marketing techniques on adolescent sexual and reproductive health. Interventions and communications ...
- How are HIV/AIDS messages communicated to South African children?
- S. Fox; S. Oyosi; W. Parker / Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, South Africa, 2002
- This commissioned report aimed to to provide insight into issues related to communication of HIV/AIDS to children in the 3-12 year age group, with an emphasis on South Africa. The overall brief included the following areas of focus: ...
- HIV/AIDS affects all children and policymakers should broaden their scope
- G. Cornia / UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2001
- This paper presents the findings of a global study carried out in 2000 on the specific impact of HIV/AIDS on children. The study is based on nine country case studies - six in Africa and three in Asia - and a review of five key areas:...
- Inequalities in unemployment statistics between age groups, races and genders in South Africa.
- C. Mlatsheni; S Rospabé / Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2002
- The authors explore variables affecting youth unemployment. 1999 figures suggest a 58 percent unemployment rate among young, active South Africans. This is, however unequally spread among races and genders. The authors investig...
- Why companies need to broaden their strategies to include the needs of children affected by HIV/AIDS
- N. Shunmugam; M. Moshoeshoe; S. de Cleene / Save the Children Fund, 2002
- HIV/AIDS is now the greatest threat to child development in many parts of the world, including South Africa,and will continue to affect the lives of several generations of children. This report from Save the Children summarises...
- Demographic implications of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa
- Medical Research Council, South Africa, 2001
- Demographic projections of the epidemic indicate that HIV/AIDS will cause a rapid change the age and sex pattern of deaths in South Africa. A system to monitor the age pattern has been developed by the Medical Research Council....
- High level commitment is needed to ensure sexual violence in schools is stopped
- Human Rights Watch, 2001
- Violence against women in South African society generally is widely recognized to have reached levels among the highest in the world. The government has also recognized that violent crime, a major social issue in South Africa, poses a...
- Coping with prime age adult AIDS-related illness and death
- C. Desmond; K. Michael; J. Gow / Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of Natal, 2000
- This paper examines the impact on family and community of the three ‘phases’ in the cycle of illnessand death from AIDS: 1. the illness; 2. the period following immediately after death; and 3. the longer-term aftermath. It e...
- Education sectors in Southern Africa are a primary site for HIV containment or disaster - or both
- P. Badcock-Walters; A. Whiteside / Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of Natal, 2000
- The objective of this paper is to describe the underlying problem of HIV/AIDS in the context of education development in Southern Africa, and also to identify opportunities for remedial action and positive enablement. The paper highli...
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