Background: Intestinal parasites infection, malnutrition, and anemia are endemic among children living inpoor developing low-income countries, particularly Yemen. Aims: The current study aims to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites, their risk factors orphaned in Sana'a city, Methods: A cross-sectional was conducted orphanage between September 2020 November 2023. One hundred ninety-...

Adults with HIV are living longer due to earlier diagnosis and increased access to antiretroviral medications. Therefore, fewer young children are being orphaned and instead, are being cared for by parents who know they are HIV positive, although they may be asymptomatic. Presently, it is unclear whether the psychological functioning of these young children is likely to be affected or, alternat...

This paper simulates the impact of the AIDS epidemic on future living standards in South Africa. I emphasize two competing effects. On the one hand, the epidemic is likely to have a detrimental impact on the human capital accumulation of orphaned children. On the other hand, widespread community infection lowers fertility, both directly, through a reduction in the willingness to engage in unpro...

cases helped and a substantial increase in the amount refunded by patients and their friends. The main difficulty, however, in securing an increase in our subscriptions (said Sir Charles) is that the appeal to the imagination?so necessary in all cases, and so simple and successful in pleading for, say, work amongst children?is not easy to frame in the case of mental after-care. The little orpha...

This paper examines the way in which concerns about HIV infection are affecting thinking in Zambia about preferred number of children. It draws on research on the impact of HIV/AIDS in peri-urban and rural households in 1995, based mainly on in-depth interviews with 65 of 300 people who were initially surveyed. In spite of high levels of anxiety about AIDS in these communities, risk from HIV wa...

BACKGROUND Nigeria has the second highest estimated number of deaths due to acute respiratory infection (ARI) among children under five in the world. A common hypothesis is that the inequitable distribution of socioeconomic resources shapes individual lifestyles and health behaviors, which leads to poorer health, including symptoms of ARI. This study examined whether lifestyle factors are assoc...

BACKGROUND An estimated 2 million children are parentally bereaved by AIDS in South Africa. Little is known about mental health outcomes for this group. METHODS This study aimed to investigate mental health outcomes for urban children living in deprived settlements in Cape Town. 30 orphaned children and 30 matched controls were compared using standardised questionnaires (SDQ) on emotional and...