03474nam 22006374a 450 991081329000332120200520144314.00-89680-445-3(CKB)1000000000242574(EBL)1773385(OCoLC)889675512(SSID)ssj0000277819(PQKBManifestationID)11954862(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277819(PQKBWorkID)10240826(PQKB)10472887(MiAaPQ)EBC1773385(OCoLC)71348515(MdBmJHUP)muse9424(Au-PeEL)EBL1773385(CaPaEBR)ebr10124783(EXLCZ)99100000000024257420030611d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe children of Africa confront AIDS from vulnerability to possibility /edited by Arvind Singhal and W. Stephen Howard1st ed.Athens Ohio University Pressc20031 online resource (284 p.)Ohio University research in international studies. Africa series ;no. 80Description based upon print version of record.0-89680-232-9 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Illustrations; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 AIDS, Orphans, and the Future of Democracy in Africa; 2 Civil Conflict, Sexual Violence, and HIV/AIDS; 3 The Vulnerability of Children and Orphaned Youth in Zimbabwe; 4 Reducing the Vulnerability of Africa's Children to HIV/AIDS; 5 Understanding the Psychological and Emotional Needs of AIDS Orphans in Africa; 6 Storytelling as a Psychological Intervention for AIDS Orphans in Africa; 7 HIV/AIDS, Children, and Sub-Saharan Africa; 8 For the Sake of the Children; 9 Participatory HIV Intervention with Ghanaian Youth10 How Communities Help Families Cope with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe11 Sara: A Role Model for African Girls Facing HIV/AIDS; 12 The Treatment of AIDS in Soul Buddyz; 13 "HIV Is Gold, AIDS Is Platinum"; 15 Communication Strategies for Confronting AIDS; Contributors; Index of Names; Index of Subjects AIDS is now the leading cause of death in Africa, where twenty-eight million people are HIV-positive, and where some twelve million children have lost one or both parents to AIDS. In Zimbabwe, 45 percent of children under the age of five are HIV-positive, and the epidemic has shortened life expectancy by twenty-two years. A fifteen-year-old in Botswana or South Africa has a one-in-two chance of dying of AIDS. AIDS deaths are so widespread in sub-Saharan Africa that small children now play a new game called "Funerals." The Children of Africa Confront AIDS depicts the reality of how African chResearch in international studies.Africa series ;no. 80.AIDS (Disease) in childrenAfricaChildren of AIDS patientsAfricaOrphansAfricaAIDS (Disease) in childrenChildren of AIDS patientsOrphans618.92/9792/0096Singhal Arvind1962-144251Howard W. Stephen1679574MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813290003321The children of Africa confront AIDS4047932UNINA