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Schooling and Parental Death

Loss of a parent is one of the most traumatic events a child can face. If loss of a parent reduces investments in children, it can also have long-lasting implications.…

Orphans as a window on the AIDS epidemic in sub-saharan Africa: Initial results and implications of a study in Uganda

Provisional estimates from a Save the Children Fund enumeration study in four Ugandan districts indicate that the total number of orphans (one or both parents missing)…

Practices of Relatedness and the Re-Invention of duol as a Network of Care for Orphans and Widows in Western Kenya

Globally, the HIV/AIDS pandemic (UNICEF/UNAIDS 1999) has brought increased mortality for young adults, while many children have been orphaned and made vulnerable…