A Generation at Risk: The Global Impact Of Hiv/Aids On Orphans And Vulnerable Children - Couverture souple

Foster, Geoff

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 052169616X ISBN 13 : 9780521696166

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

An insightful study on children orphaned as a result of the AIDS epidemic with a Foreword by Desmond Tutu.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

John Williamson is the senior technical advisor for the Displaced Children and Orphans Fund (DCOF) of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), supporting programming for children affected by armed conflict, street children, and children affected by AIDS. Since 1994, he has written or contributed to publications concerning children orphaned or otherwise made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS, including the Children on the Brink series.

Dr Geoff Foster trained in medicine in London and took up an appointment in 1985 as a specialist pediatrician with the government of Zimbabwe. In 1987, he founded Family AIDS Caring Trust (FACT), a faith-based nongovernmental organization and one of Africa's first AIDS service organizations. During the 1990s, FACT pioneered HIV/AIDS care, prevention and training programs including a widely replicated, community-based model supporting orphans and vulnerable children.

Carol Levine is currently director of the Families and Health Care Project at the United Hospital Fund in New York City. She also directs The Orphan Project: Families and Children in the HIV Epidemic, which she founded in 1991. She was director of the Citizens Commission on AIDS in New York City from 1987 to 1991.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 052169616X
• ISBN 13: 9780521696166
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 334
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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