Essays about: "impact of hiv aids in the society in africa"

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1. 1. The impact of orphanhood and HIV/AIDS on school enrolment - Evidence from Zambia

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Fanny Olsson; Maria Strandberg; [2013-06-20]
   Keywords : education; HIV AIDS; orphans; Zambia;

   Abstract : HIV/AIDS has made a great number of children orphans in sub-Saharan Africa where Zambia is one of the worst hit countries. The impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has become an issue of not only health, but of cross-sectional importance affecting other major corner stones in society such as education. READ MORE

3. 2. Why is Sexual and Reproductive Health among Youths Continuously a Challenge? - A case study of NGO initiatives in the Lusaka area of Zambia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Linnea Stansert; Trine Korsholm Jensen; [2011]
   Keywords : Youth; Sexual and Reproductive Health; Zambia; Lusaka; NGO; Initiatives; Strategies; HIV and AIDS; Adolescents; Young people; Social Ecological theory; Social Cognitive theory; sub-Saharan Africa; Developing countries; STIs; Maternal Mortality; Abortion; Family Planning.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study explains why Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) among youths continuously pose challenges in the Lusaka area of Zambia, despite multiple Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) targeting this. An embedded case study design was applied and staff and youths engaged in NGOs working with youths’ SRH were main informants. READ MORE

4. 3. Life in Child/Adolescent Headed Households : Aqualitative study on everyday life experience of children living in child/adolescent headed households in Western Kenya region

   University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Dorcus Awino Adongo; [2010]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the everyday life experience of children living in household headed by a child or an adolescent after the loss of both parents in the rural communities in Western Kenya Region. Child/Adolescent headed household is a rapidly growing form of family in Sub-Saharan Africa mainly due to increased deaths rates of parents caused by HIV/AIDS, civil wars and the weakened state of traditional family safety nets in taking up care and raising responsibilities of orphaned children. READ MORE

5. 4. Eliminating Child Labour: A Case Study of South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Linda Lindblad; [2009]
   Keywords : Arbetsrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Child labour is born out of poverty, and it leads to more poverty. Those that work from a young age often have no possibility of going to school, and can only perform manual work as adults, which often pays little. Many children face considerable risks in their place of employment. READ MORE

6. 5. Animal husbandry - the key to success? : a study of small scale farmers, dairy farmers and orphans in Zambia

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry

   Author : Sara Carlsson; [2008]
   Keywords : animal husbandry; livestock; dairy; farming; women; orphans; cattle; dairy cooperative; Zambia; Africa; small scale farmer;

   Abstract : Zambia is a developing African country with a large part of the inhabitants living in rural areas. Traditionally, farming and animal husbandry have been in small scale, and the knowledge about farming has been transferred between parents and children when working together. READ MORE