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More
than 15 million children have lost one or both parents to AIDS. By
2010, researchers predict that the parents of 25 million children
will have died. In addition to the poverty, emotional devastation,
and other hardships brought by losing one’s parents, orphanhood
confers risk for unsafe sexual behaviors.
The Population Council develops and
evaluates innovative, sustainable programs to support children
affected or orphaned by HIV and AIDS.
For more
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(60 seconds) More than 15
million children have lost one or both parents to AIDS. By 2010,
researchers predict that the parents of 25 million children will
have died. In sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 9 percent of
children under the age of 15 have lost at least one parent to AIDS,
and one in six households with children is caring for at least one
orphan. These orphans are often forced to leave school, find work,
and sometimes to care for younger siblings or head a family. In
addition to the poverty, emotional devastation, and other hardships
brought by losing one’s parents, orphanhood confers risk for unsafe
sexual behaviors.
The Population Council develops and
evaluates innovative, sustainable programs to support children
affected or orphaned by HIV and AIDS.
For more
information, visit popcouncil.org/now.
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