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  Multiple vulnerabilities: qualitative data for the study of orphans and vulnerable children in South Africa

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2006

  This paper presents qualitative research undertaken to understand the core dynamics affecting orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs), support structures and interventions for OVCs in two local municipalities (Kopanong in Free State and Kanana in North West Province) in South Africa.Research showed that these municipalities were characterised by poverty, high rates of unemployment, limited resou
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  The impact of the AIDS epidemic on teachers in South Africa

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This note briefly reviews the development of the knowledge base concerning the impact of the AIDS epidemic on teachers in South Africa.A summary of some of the findings reveal that:HIV prevalence among teachers was 12.7 percent in 2004 - prevalence rates among female and male teachers in South Africa are almost identical, and there is no difference in overall prevalence rates among prim
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  "But where are our moral heroes?": an analysis of South African press reporting on children affected by HIV/AIDS

  Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2005

  Messages conveyed both explicitly and implicitly in the media play an important role in the shaping of public understanding of issues, as well as associated policy, programme and popular responses to these issues. This paper applies discourse analysis to a series of articles on children affected by HIV/AIDS published in 2002/2003 in the English-medium South African press.
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  Human resources: international context: Chapter 6 of the South African Health Review 2005

  Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2005

  This chapter, from the South African Health Review 2005, reviews human resources for health in South Africa from an international perspective. It highlights the vast inequities in global and regional distribution of health workers and briefly examines those factors affecting human resource development.
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  Teacher mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: an update

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This short article is divided into two sections, the first part focuses on the situation in South Africa where there good quality information on HIV prevalence and mortality among teachers; the second part briefly reviews the available evidence for the remaining countries.Key conclusions from the review include:teacher mortality rates (from all causes) did not exceed one percent in Sout
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  Reporting AIDS: an analysis of media environments in Southern Africa

  Panos AIDS Programme, 2005

  This Panos report examines the findings of five studies that aimed to identify how the media could better fulfil its potential role in responding to the AIDS epidemic. The studies took place in Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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  Letting them fail: government neglect and the right to education for children affected by AIDS

  Human Rights Watch, 2005

  This report examines the issues surrounding access to education for children affected by HIV and AIDS, looking in particular at the role of government.
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  Reproductive rights for women affected by HIV/AIDS? A project to monitor Millennium Development Goals 5 and 6

  IPAS, 2005

  This document reports on how six organisations in Argentina, Mexico and Poland, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland tried out a monitoring tool as a data collection method to assess steps along the path toward achieving MDGs 5 and 6.This report is a synthesis of each organisation’s own project report, describes how the monitoring tool was used and outlines the main findings presented by
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  Service providers working together to help children in the time of HIV and AIDS

  Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2005

  This booklet is for teachers, health workers, home-based carers, community workers, volunteers and social workers.
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  Heroes of our time: health workers helping children

  Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2005

  This booklet highlights the ways in which health workers are helping children in this time of HIV and AIDS. The booklet acknowledges that health workers often lead the response to the thousands of children made vulnerable in the context of HIV and AIDS.

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