UNICEF

Africa's orphaned generations.
2003, New York, UNICEF, UNAIDS, p. 52

Keywords : Age Factors; AIDS; Behavior; Child; Communication; Death rate; Demographic Factors; Diseases; Economic Factors; Family and Household; Financial Activities; Financing, Organized; Funding; Government; HIV Infections; Impact; Mortality; Orphans; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Psychosocial Factors; Summary report; Viral Diseases; Youth
Countries : Africa; Developing Countries

Abstract : The HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa has already orphaned a generation of children - and now seems set to orphan generations more. Today, over 11 million children under the age of 15 living in sub-Saharan Africa have been robbed of one or both parents by HIV/AIDS. Seven years from now, the number is expected to have grown to 20 million. At that point, anywhere from 15 per cent to over 25 per cent of the children in a dozen sub-Saharan African countries will be orphans - the vast majority of them will have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Africa's Orphaned Generations reports on the life circumstances of today's orphans with new data and fresh analyses. It presents the possibility of change - for those already orphaned and for the generation to come - if certain things are done now. (excerpt)

Notes : English

Web site : http://www.unicef.org/media/files/orphans.pdf