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Searching with a thematic focus on Orphans and vulnerable children, HIV and AIDS vulnerable groups, HIV and AIDS, HIV Children and young people

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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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  Primary education in Eastern and Southern Africa: increasing access for orphans and vulnerable children in AIDS-affected areas

  Global Health Department, USAID, 2001

  This paper investigates the national and community level interventions that offer promise for increasing primary education access for children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable in areas heavily affected by AIDS in the eastern and southern Africa region.The report examines thirteen initiatives that have potential to increase primary education access for such groups.
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  Combating child labour and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: a review of policies, programmes, and projects in South Africa, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia to identify good practices

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  This review of national HIV/AIDS and child labour policies and programmes, NGO projects, and community-based initiatives lluminates the harsh realities of the link between child labour and HIV/AIDS.
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  Care for orphans, children affected by HIV/AIDS and other vulnerable children: a strategic framework

  Family Health International, 2001

  This document presents an overview of the situation of increasing numbers of orphans and children affected by HIV/AIDS worldwide. It states that both communities and governments are reaching crisis point in trying to cope with these children. It states that care and support for orphans and vulnerable children has primarily focused on addressing their material needs.
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  Building blocks: Africa-wide briefing notes

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2003

  These briefing notes for working with children are organised into an overview and five sections:EducationHealth and nutritionPsychosocial supportSocial inclusionEconomic strengtheningEach briefing note provides issues and principles for guiding strategy, while drawing on best practice from programme experience.
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  AIDS, public policy and child well-being

  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.
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  Intersecting risks: HIV/AIDS and child labour

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  This paper analyses the mutually reinforcing factors that, as a result of HIV infection among adults, contribute to child labour and may place child workers at risk of HIV infection themselves.
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  Expanding community-based support for orphans and vulnerable children

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2002

  A report documenting the findings of a workshop to understand the proliferation of orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) initiatives throughout East and Southern Africa and the ways in which NGOs and their partners can expand the impact and coverage of OVC programmes.
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  Children on the brink 2002: a joint report on orphan estimates and program strategies

  Synergy Project, USAID, 2002

  The paper details a number of impacts of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on children.
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  Childhood challenged: South Africa's children, HIV/AIDS and the corporate sector

  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 research undertaken into the South African corporate sector's engagement with affected children in 2001.HIV/AIDS is a major challenge for business in South Africa,and

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