Children Orphaned By Aids Front-line Responses Form Eastern And Southern Africa

The AIDS pandemic is the world¹s most deadly undeclared war, and Africa has so far borne the brunt. The disease has taken the lives of tens of millions and is now the leading killer in sub-Saharan Africa. Because those dying from AIDS are mainly people in the prime of their lives who are often parents, a less well-known effect of AIDS is the vast numbers of children orphaned by the disease. Words nor stat¹s. can capture the human tragedy of children grieving for dying or dead parents, stigmatized by soc. through assoc. with HIV/AIDS, plunged into economic crisis and insecurity by their parents¹ death and struggling without services or support systems in impoverished communities. Includes country responses for Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Photos.Leonard, Barry is the author of 'Children Orphaned By Aids Front-line Responses Form Eastern And Southern Africa', published 1999 under ISBN 9780756740320 and ISBN 0756740320.