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AIDS: The ‘Grandmothers' Disease’ in Southern Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1997

Valerie Møller
Valerie Møller
Affiliation:
Centre for Social and Development Studies, University of Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa
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Abstract

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In Africa, AIDS is called the grandmothers' disease because the burden of caring for the sick and the survivors falls on older women. The two abstracts which follow report an overview of research on the social and economic effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Southern Africa and a case study of an intervention among older women in a Botswanan village.

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Ageing & Society , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , July 1997 , pp. 461 - 464
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© 1997 Cambridge University Press