The children of Africa confront AIDS : from vulnerability to possibility / / edited by Arvind Singhal and W. Stephen Howard

• Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.92/9792/0096
• Soggetto topico: AIDS (Disease) in children - Africa; Children of AIDS patients - Africa; Orphans - Africa
• Altri autori: SinghalArvind <1962-> HowardW. Stephen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Youth ; 10 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 ch
• Titolo autorizzato: The children of Africa confront AIDS
• ISBN: 0-89680-445-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813290003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in international studies. . -Africa series ; ; no. 80.