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Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • International News
Two Newspapers Examine How HIV/AIDS Affecting Children, Orphans in Africa

February 22, 2005

  • The Washington Post on Saturday examined the plight of AIDS orphans in Ethiopia. Although Ethiopia has a "far lower" HIV/AIDS prevalence than some other African countries, such as South Africa and Zimbabwe, the country has the highest prevalence of HIV-positive children in the world, with approximately 200,000 HIV-positive children living there, according to the United Nations (Wax, Washington Post, 2/19). The complete article is available online.

  • The Columbus Dispatch on Sunday examined how the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa has affected families and children. South Africa has the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence in the world and the spread of the disease can be attributed to poverty, "cultural myths, the subordinate position of women and an overextended health care system," according to the Dispatch (Williams, Columbus Dispatch, 2/20).

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Reprinted with permission from kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/hiv. The Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of the Kaiser Family Foundation, by The Advisory Board Company. © 2004 by The Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


This article was provided by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. It is a part of the publication Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report.


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