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Alternative care

Orphanage tourism and the convention on the rights of the child.

This chapter argues that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a useful lens through which to view the adverse effects of orphanage…

A systematic scoping review of hygiene behaviors and environmental health conditions in institutional care settings for orphaned and abandoned children

Background: Adequate hygiene behaviors and environmental health conditions are fundamental to children's health, development, and well-being. They are especially…

Alternative care options and social protection policy choices to support orphans and vulnerable children : a comparative study of Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau

The number of orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa reached 51,900,000 in 2013. There has been limited research, particularly in the countries of Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau,…