Resources
For up-to-date statistics, estimates, and projections:
Children's Institute Children-Count Abantwana Babalulekile Project
+27 21 689 5404
Centre for Actuarial Research
University of Cape Town
+27 21 650 2475
For social, clinical, and legal research on children affected by HIV/AIDS and related interventions:
Children's Institute
University of Cape Town
+27 21 689 5404
Centre for Social Science Research
University of Cape Town
+27 21 650 4658
Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies
+27 35 550 7500
Child, Youth, and Family Development Unit
Human Sciences Research Council
Pretoria: +27 12 302 2000
Cape Town: +27 21 466 8000
Durban: +27 31 242 5400
Port Elizabeth: +27 41 506 6700
www.hsrc.ac.za/research/programmes/CYFD/
Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Unit
Human Sciences Research Council
Pretoria: +27 12 302 2000
Cape Town: +27 21 466 8000
Durban: +27 31 242 5400
Port Elizabeth: +27 41 506 6700
Health, Economics, and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD)
University of KwaZulu-Natal
+27 31 260 2592
Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking (HIVAN)
University of KwaZulu-Natal
+27 31 260 3334
Centre for AIDS Development, Research, and Evaluation (CADRE)
Durban: +27 31 242 5413
Gauteng: +27 11 339 2611
Grahamstown: +27 46 603 8553
African Network for the Care of Children Affected by AIDS (ANECCA)
+27 21 658 5111
Community Law Centre Children's Rights Project
University of the Western Cape
+27 21 959 2950 / 959 3701
Harriet Shezi Children's HIV Clinic
University of the Witwatersrand
+27 11 933 9629 / 9630 / 9845
Perinatal HIV Research Unit
University of the Witwatersrand
+27 11 989 9700
Red Cross Children's Hospital
University of Cape Town
+27 21 658 5111
Children's Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit (KID-CRU)
Tygerberg Hospital
+27 21 938 4219
Children's Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Unit (KID-CRU)
For information and support on reporting on children and HIV/AIDS:Media Monitoring Project
+27 11 788 1278
HIV/AIDS and the Media Project
University of the Witwatersrand
+27 11 717 4086
Soul City and Soul Buddyz
Children's Rights and the Media
+27 11 643 5852
For information on organisations that work directly with children and their families:AIDS Consortium
+27 11 403 0265
Children's Rights Centre (CRC)
+27 31 307 6075
www.childrensrightscentre.co.za
ChildLine
Eastern Cape: +27 41 487 1997
Gauteng: +27 11 484 1070
KwaZulu-Natal: +27 31 312 0904
North West: +27 18 299 1940
Children's HIV/AIDS Network (CHAiN)
+27 21 461 7348
Children in Distress Network (C I N D I)
+27 33 345 7994
South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (SAPSAC)
+27 12 804 5052
South African Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (SASPCAN)
+27 11 339 5741
National bodies: National Children's Rights Committee
+27 11 339 1919
Office on the Rights of the Child in the Presidency
+27 21 464 2122 / 2100
www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/contacts/min/presidency.htm
For information on special laws and regulations for the protection of children in the media:World Health Organisation
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Unicef Convention on the Rights of the Child
For specific South African laws:Media Monitoring Project
Reporting on Children in the Context of HIV/AIDS: A Journalist's Resource
For specific South African law updates:
Political Information & Monitoring Service
Institute for Democracy in Africa
