AFRICA EMERGING AIDS-ORPHANS CRISIS

Authors
BAGGALEY RC NEEDHAM D
Citation
Rc. Baggaley et D. Needham, AFRICA EMERGING AIDS-ORPHANS CRISIS, CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association journal, 156(6), 1997, pp. 873-875
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
08203946
Volume
156
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
873 - 875
Database
ISI
SICI code
0820-3946(1997)156:6<873:AEAC>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
ALTHOUGH AIDS HAS HAD A HUGE IMPACT AROUND THE WORLD, nowhere has its effect been greater than in Africa. In Zambia alone the disease is exp ected to create 500 000 orphans by the turn of the century. In this ar ticle Dr. Rachel Baggaley and Dale Needham examine the huge social pro blems AIDS is creating in some of the world's poorest countries.