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Searching with a thematic focus on HIV and AIDS in South Africa

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  The role of informal social security in an inter-generational society

  International Social Security Association, 2003

  This paper gives a brief overview of the current formal social security provisioning in South Africa with regards to old age and retirement benefits. It then investigates issues impacting on the ageing population namely unemployment, HIV/AIDS and poverty.
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  Selling safe sex to young people - does youth-targeted social marketing work?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2001

  Young people in sub-Saharan Africa often lack accurate information about sexuality and reproductive health. Social attitudes towards sex make it difficult for them to protect themselves against pregnancy and HIV. How can health promotion programmes increase young people’s self-confidence in their ability to obtain and use contraceptives?
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  Friends in deed – preventing HIV through peer education in South African schools

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  HIV is rampant among young people in South Africa, despite sound knowledge about sexual health risks. Levels of perceived vulnerability among this group are low and unprotected sex is common. Researchers from the London School of Economics studied a participatory programme seeking to empower young people to change gender norms as an HIV prevention strategy.
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  Predicting the social consequences of orphanhood in South Africa

  Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2003

  This paper examines and questions the predictions found in the academic and policy literature of social breakdown in Southern Africa in the wake of anticipated high rates of orphanhood caused by the AIDS epidemic.Analysis of the logic underlying these predictions reveals four causal relationships necessary to fulfil such dramatic and apocalyptic predictions:high AIDS mortality rates wil
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  Educator mortality in-service in KwaZulu Natal: a consolidated study of HIV/AIDS impact and trends

  Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of Natal, 2003

  This document reports on a study to determine rates of educator mortality in Kwa-Zulu Natal, and to determine impacts of HIV/AIDS on education in the province.The purpose of the study is to attempt to answer several important questions in the context of education planning in a high prevalence environment in the HIV/AIDS era, specifically:how important is educator mortality and attrition
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  HIV/AIDS profile in the provinces of South Africa: indicators for 2002

  Medical Research Council, South Africa, 2002

  This booklet presents a concise set of basic indicators on HIV/AIDS in South Africa.The booklet offers a provincial profile for Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Northern West and Western Cape.
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  Workplace studies in Africa and Asia

  Horizons, 2003

  The June 2003 biannual newsletter of the Horizons Program, highlights findings from operations research studies conducted in workplaces in South Africa, Vietnam, and Thailand.
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  A review of the model implemented by the Hospice Association of South Africa Integrated Community-based Home Care (ICHC) in South Africa

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2002

  This report assesses the critical elements of a POLICY Project supported venture for seven hospices to incorporate the Integrated Community-based Home Care (ICHC) model into their operational activities, reflecting on the experiences of those working in the field.Objectives of the research were to:identify and discuss key similarities and differences between the hospice ICHC model and o
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  Hitting home: how households cope with the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: a survey of households affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa

  Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002

  This report summarises the results of a survey of 771 AIDS-affected households in different parts of South Africa.It documents the impoverishing impact of HIV/AIDS on households and the inordinate burden of caring for AIDS-sick family members.
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  Status and impacts of HIV/AIDS in agricultural universities and colleges in Africa

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2002

  The report looks into the status, impact and preventive actions taken by some of the partner universities and colleges in Africa of Agricultural University of Norway (NLH) against the spread of HIV/AIDS.

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