A Generation at Risk: The Global Impact of HIV/AIDS on Orphans and Vulnerable Children

by Edited by Geoff Foster , Carol Levine , John Williamson

• ISBN13: 9780521652643
• ISBN10: 0521652642
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-12
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

With a Foreword by Desmond Tutu, Generation at Risk brings up-to-date and insightful perspectives from experienced practitioners and researchers on how a better future can be secured for the millions of children who are being orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. The current situation of these children is grim, and while there has been significant action in the last few years by governments, international organizations, religious bodies, and non-governmental organizations, the vast majority of children made vulnerable by AIDS have not benefited from any assistance beyond their own extended family and community. A Generation at Risk explains in straightforward terms what is required to fill this gap. The book addresses what needs to be done in the areas of education, community mobilization and capacity building, economic strengthening at household and community levels, psychosocial support, and the protection of children and the fulfilment of their rights.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Desmond Tutu Archbishop Emeritus
Preface	ix
Contributors	xiii
Introduction: HIV/AIDS and Its Long-Term Impact on Children	1	(253)
Carol Levine, Geoff Foster, and John Williamson
1. Family- and Community-Based Care for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS: Strengthening the Front Line Response	11	(26)
Stanley Ngalazu Phiri and David Tolfree
2. Strengthening Households and Communities: The Key to Reducing the Economic Impacts of HIV/AIDS on Children and Families	37	(29)
Jill Donahue
3. The Response of the Educational System to the Needs of Orphans and Children Affected by HIV/AIDS	66	(27)
Michael J. Kelly
4. Psychosocial Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic on Children and Youth	93	(41)
Laurie J. Bauman with Stefan Germann
5. Human Rights and Children Affected by HIV/AIDS	134	(25)
Sofia Gruskin and Daniel J.M. Tarantola
6. Religion and Responses to Orphans in Africa	159	(22)
Geoff Foster
7. Making the Right Choices in the Asia-Pacific Region: Protecting Children and Young People from HIV and Its Impacts	181	(32)
Tim Brown and Werasit Sittitrai
8. Troubled Tapestries: Children, Families, and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States	213	(19)
Barbara H. Draimin and Warren A. Reich
9. Interventions to Support Children Affected by HIV/AIDS: Priority Areas for Future Research	232	(22)
Douglas Webb
10. Finding a Way Forward: Reducing the Impacts of HIV/AIDS on Vulnerable Children and Families	254	(25)
John Williamson
Chronology of Important Events	279	(6)
Resource Guide	285	(10)
Index	295