Health and nutritional status of orphans <6 years old cared for by relatives in western Kenya
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- 16 January 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 8 (1) , 67-72
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.00987.x
Abstract
One of the consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub‐Saharan Africa is the increase in the number of orphans, estimated to have reached 6–11% of children <15 years old in 2000. Orphans who stay in...Keywords
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