Children and HIV

UNICEF (2011)The State of the World's Children 2011: Adolescence: An age of opportunity.

"Adolescence is an age of opportunity for children, and a pivotal time for us to build on their development in the first decade of life, to help them navigate risks and vulnerabilities, and to set them on the path to fulfilling their potential."

This report focuses on the development and rights of more than a billion children aged 10 to 19 worldwide. This series of stories, essays and multimedia features seeks to accelerate and elevate adolescents' fight against poverty, inequality and gender discrimination.

   

WHO (2009)HIV and infant feeding.

Principles and recommendations on infant feeding.

   

UNICEF (2009) South Africa Annual Report

A compact overview of the state of South Africa's children and UNICEF's efforts at alleviating the crises they face.

   

UNICEF (2009) Children and AIDS

A recent overview of HIV infection in children.

   

Harriet Deacon and Inez Stephney (2007)HIV/AIDS, stigma and children.

A literature review of the threat posed by the HIV/AIDS pandemic to the socio-economic and psychological welfare of children.

   

Alicia Davids and Donald Skinner (eds) (2006)A situational analysis of orphans and vulnerable children in 4 districts of South Africa.

A stock-take of the services available to orphans and vulnerable children in South Africa.

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Wits Journalism Anova Health

The project is jointly managed by the Anova Health Institute and the Journalism and Media Studies Programme at the University of the Witwatersrand, and supported by the Health Communication Partnership based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Centre for Communication Programmes and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS relief through the United States Agency for International Development under terms of Award No. JH/HESA-02-05.

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