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Orphanhood, child fostering and the AIDS epidemic in rural Tanzania

open access: yes, 1997
The AIDS epidemic has caused an increase in adult mortality and consequently an increase in the numbers of orphaned children. Data were used from the Kisesa Community Study in northwest Tanzania, to assess the prevalence and consequences of orphanhood in
Boerma, J. Ties   +5 more
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Orphanhood and the living arrangements of children in sub-saharan Africa [PDF]

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Increasing adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa raises considerable concerns about the welfare of surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child health and ...
Beegle, Kathleen   +3 more
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The attitude of population to the problem of social orphanhood

open access: yesХабаршы. Психология және социология сериясы, 2017
The article investigates the nature of social orphanhood, the conditions provoking him and approaches to prevention organization. The author reveals the main risk factors of social orphanhood. It is shown that the main risk factors can be systematized as
S. Zh. Ismagulova, G. A. Kenzhakimova
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Poverty, AIDS, and children's schooling - a targeting dilemma [PDF]

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The authors analyze the relationship between orphan status, household wealth, and child school enrollment using data collected in the 1990s from 28 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and one country in Southeast Asia.
Ainsworth, Martha, Filmer, Deon
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Poincare duality and commutative differential graded algebras

open access: yes, 2008
We prove that every commutative differential graded algebra whose cohomology is a simply-connected Poincare duality algebra is quasi-isomorphic to one whose underlying algebra is simply-connected and satisfies Poincare duality in the same dimension. This
Lambrechts, Pascal, Stanley, Don
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HIV/AIDS and Adolescent's School-Work Choices in Malawi [PDF]

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Malawi is facing a severe HIV/AIDS Pandemic. With an estimated prevalence rate of 14.2%, it ranks eight in the world. About 900,000 Malawians were infected by 2003 and there were110,000 new infections and 87,000 deaths due to HIV/AIDS in 2003.
Nankhuni, Flora J.
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