Population Council; Horizons

Succession planning in Uganda: early outreach for AIDS-affected children and their families.
2003, Research Summary, Washington, D.C., Population Council, Horizons, p. 8 p.

Keywords : Age Factors; Behavior; Child; child care; child rearing; Data Collection; Demographic Factors; Diseases; Economic Factors; Family and Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Friends and Relatives; HIV Infections; HIV positive persons; Inheritance; Interviews; Organization and Administration; Orphans; Ownership; Parents; Population; Population Characteristics; Programs; Research Methodology; research report; Socioeconomic Factors; Viral Diseases; Youth
Countries : Africa; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Subsaharan Africa; Uganda

Abstract : Uganda has been widely recognized for lowering HIV incidence. However, because so many adults were previously infected and given the long period between HIV infection and death from AIDS, the number of orphaned children is still rising. By the end of 2001, there were were 880,000 children under the age of 15 living in Uganda who had lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. But these orphans represent only the tip of the iceberg, since there are many more vulnerable children whose parents are alive but living with HIV infection. Evidence suggests that the negative impacts of HIV/ AIDS affect children long before parents die, beginning when a parent's health starts to decline. Yet few programs exist to help families before a parent's death, and there is little research on the effectiveness of existing programs for AIDS-affected children. (excerpt)

Notes : English; Reprinted with the permission of population council