Richter, L.M.|Rama, S.

Building resilience: a rights-based approach to children and HIV/AIDS in Africa - Sweden Save the Children 2006 - 57p.

Examines how HIV/AIDS has impacted severely on Africa and the extend the infection rate has risen rapidly to the scale of prevalence being largely unabated and reviews the UNAIDS data which indicate that Sub-Saharan Africa remains the hardest hit region in the world, with a total of 25 million people living with HIV/AIDS. Explains how the HIV/AIDS prevalence has affected and threatened children's health, economic and food security, family life, connections to social institutions, opportunities to learn, human rights to development, and hopes for the future.

978-91-7321-220-5


Delivery of Health Care|HIV Infection|Community Health Services|Africa|Persons Living With HIV/AIDS

ART WC 503 .H64 2006