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International News 32 Percent of S. African Children to Lose a Parent to AIDS by 2015November 20, 2009 Citing data from its latest survey, the South African Institute of Race Relations reports that 32 percent of all children in the nation will have lost one or both parents to AIDS by 2015. The SAIRR report says that in 2007, 2.5 million children had lost one or both parents, and AIDS was the cause of more than half these deaths. By 2007, 701,000 children had lost both parents, almost twice the number without parents in 2002. During the same period, the number of children living in child-headed households increased from 118,000 to 148,000. "Vulnerable children need additional support that is not necessarily monetary in nature, as these children have lost their primary caregiver," said Gail Eddy of SAIRR. Business Day (South Africa) 11.19.2009; South African Press Association  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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