{"title":"Burden of Care on Caregivers of Children infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Calabar, Nigeria","authors":"Ochigbo So, C. Torty","doi":"10.19070/2379-1586-1800034","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Approximately 120,000 children died due to AIDS-related illnesses in 2016. This equates to 328 deaths every day [1]. An estimated 13.4 million children and adolescents (0-17 years) worldwide had lost one or both parents to AIDS as of 2015. More than 80% of these children (10.9 million) live in sub-Saharan Africa [2]. In addition, millions more children are indirectly affected by the impact of the HIV epidemic on their families and communities [3].","PeriodicalId":92220,"journal":{"name":"International journal of HIV/AIDS and research","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International journal of HIV/AIDS and research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.19070/2379-1586-1800034","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Approximately 120,000 children died due to AIDS-related illnesses in 2016. This equates to 328 deaths every day [1]. An estimated 13.4 million children and adolescents (0-17 years) worldwide had lost one or both parents to AIDS as of 2015. More than 80% of these children (10.9 million) live in sub-Saharan Africa [2]. In addition, millions more children are indirectly affected by the impact of the HIV epidemic on their families and communities [3].