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South African Child Gauge 2005
Jacobs M, Shung-King M & Smith C (eds) 2005
Children's Institute, University of Cape Town 

 South African Child Gauge 2005: Children and HIV/AIDS


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Cover
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of tables, figures and case studies

Foreword
Mrs Graca Machel, Chair of the Board of Advisors, Children's Institute

Reflections on child rights and the Constitution
Justice Albie Sachs, Constitutional Court Judge

Children in South Africa
Marian Jacobs (Children’s Institute)

 

PART ONE: CHILDREN AND POLICY

Legislative developments 2004 and 2005
Paula Proudlock (Children’s Institute)

PART TWO: HIV/AIDS AND CHILDREN

Introduction

Children and antiretroviral roll-out: Towards a comprehensive approach
Maylene Shung-King (Children’s Institute) and Paul Roux (School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town)

Social security for children in the time of HIV/AIDS: The (mis)use of foster care?
Helen Meintjes (Children’s Institute), Debbie Budlender (Centre for Actuarial Research), Sonja Giese (Absolute Return for Kids) and Leigh Johnson (Centre for Actuarial Research)

Schools as nodes of care and support for children affected by HIV, AIDS and poverty.
Sonja Giese (Absolute Return for Kids), Helen Meintjes and Jo Monson (Children’s Institute)

Heroes in the context of vulnerability: The participation of children in the Children’s Bill
Namhla Mniki (Children’s Institute)

 

PART THREE: CHILDREN COUNT - THE NUMBERS

Introducing Children Count - Abantwana Babalulekile
Annie Leatt and Lizette Berry (Children’s Institute)

Demography of South Africa's children
Helen Meintjes, Annie Leatt and Lizette Berry (Children’s Institute)

Children's access to social assistance
Annie Leatt, Helen Meintjes and Lizette Berry (Children’s Institute)

Child health: The general context
Kashifa Abrahams and Lizette Berry (Children’s Institute) and Michael Hendricks (Child Health Unit, University of Cape Town)

Child health: HIV/AIDS
Maylene Shung-King, Kashifa Abrahams and Lizette Berry (Children’s Institute)

Children’s access to water, sanitation and electricity
Annie Leatt and Lizette Berry (Children’s Institute)

Children’s access to housing
Katharine Hall and Lizette Berry (Children’s Institute)

Children’s access to education
Lizette Berry and Norma Rudolph (Children’s Institute)

Technical notes on the indicators and data sources
About the contributors

 

Tags: HIVAIDS Monitoring Children's situation & child statistics Law reform Jacobs M Shung-King M Smith C 2005
 

Quotes

Congratulations … on the sterling work … done by the Children’s Institute. The fact sheet [on invisible and excluded children] provides a summary of a mammoth task being executed with the most wonderful dedication and commitment – thank you so much for everything you and your exceptional team are doing for our children.
Office of the Superintendent General, MS Rakometsi,
Free State Department of Education, Oct. 2006

Reader Responses

“Single best source that I am aware of on the subject area.”

“It's an excellent, current overview of the primary concerns for children in South Africa.”

“It makes me realise that as government we still have a lot to do.”

“I think they are excellent. They give a very short coverage, and I like the fact that they explain the data tables and come up with some sort of conclusion.”

“It is able to give us alternative picture of issues facing children in South Africa, government statistics are sometimes not an honest picture of enormity of the problems facing this country.”
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