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The Impact of Adult Deaths on Children's Health in Northwestern Tanzania

The AIDS epidemic is dramatically increasing mortality of adults in many Sub-Saharan African countries, with potentially severe consequences for surviving family members. Until now, most of these impacts had not been quantified. The authors examine...

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Main Authors:	Ainsworth, Martha, Semali, Innocent
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ACCOUNT ADULT MORTALITY ADULTHOOD ADVERSE HEALTH AFFECTED CHILDREN AGED AIDS EPIDEMIC AIDS ORPHANS AIDS PREVENTION ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES BABIES BIRTH WEIGHT BREASTFEEDING CHILD CARE CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH INDICATORS CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD LABOR CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD MORBIDITY CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES CHRONIC ILLNESS CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLINICS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY HEALTH DIARRHEA EARLY CHILDHOOD EXTENDED FAMILY FATHERS GESTATIONAL AGE GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INTERVENTIONS HEALTH OUTCOMES HIV INFECTION IMMUNIZATION INFANT MORTALITY INTERVENTION LIVING STANDARDS LOW BIRTHWEIGHT MALARIA MALNUTRITION MEASLES MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION MOTHERS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS ORAL REHYDRATION SALTS ORPHAN CHILDREN ORPHANHOOD ORPHANS PARASITES PARENTS PREGNANT WOMEN PRODUCTIVITY RISK OF MORBIDITY SAFE DRINKING WATER SANITATION SEX SIBLINGS SOCIAL SUPPORT STUNTING VACCINATION VERY YOUNG CHILDREN WAGES WASTE WASTE DISPOSAL WASTING YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/439016/impact-adult-deaths-childrens-health-northwestern-tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22264

The Impact of Adult Deaths on Children's Health in Northwestern Tanzania

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