The intergenerational impact of the African orphans crisis: a cohort study from an HIV/AIDS affected area | Zendy

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The intergenerational impact of the African orphans crisis: a cohort study from an HIV/AIDS affected area

Author(s) -

Kathleen Beegle,

Joachim De Weerdt,

Stefan Dercon

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn197

Subject(s) - demography , medicine , cohort , cohort study , anthropometry , pandemic , orphan drug , gerontology , covid-19 , disease , sociology , bioinformatics , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology

In sub-Saharan Africa, the prevalence of orphanhood among children has been greatly exacerbated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. If orphanhood harms a child's development and these effects perpetuate into adult life, then the African orphan crisis could seriously jeopardize the continent's future generations. Whether or not there exists an adverse, causal and intergenerational effect of HIV/AIDS on development is of crucial importance for setting medical priorities. This study is the first to empirically investigate the impact of orphanhood on health and schooling using long-term longitudinal data following children into adulthood.

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