Paediatric HIV/AIDS in schools
Date
1993
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Health & Medical Publishing Group
Abstract
Children all over South Africa who are infected
with HIV or even have full-blown AIDS will
presently reach school-going age without the
schools, the community - and worse, the medical professionals in the community - being ready to meet the
challenge. Public hysteria about the epidemic, the
widespread lack of sound information about the disease
and its spread, and the insulation of many rural communities
from what many erroneously perceive as an 'urban
disease' will make victimisation of the child and hislher
family almost inevitable, unless educational and health
authorities in the community prepare themselves adequately.
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CITATION: Gie, R. P., Schaaf, H. S. & Barnes, J. M. 1993. Paediatric HIV/AIDS in schools. South African Medical Journal, 83:636-637.
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
Keywords
AIDS (Disease) in children, HIV -- infections