HIV/AIDS Information Archives - KidZAid https://kidzaid.co.za/category/hiv-aids-information/ Raising funds to assist orphans, vulnerable children and their caregivers. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:35:46 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://kidzaid.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-socialmediab-32x32.png HIV/AIDS Information Archives - KidZAid https://kidzaid.co.za/category/hiv-aids-information/ 32 32 COVID-19: Nearly 150,000 Orphaned Children In South Africa https://kidzaid.co.za/covid-19_nearly-150000-orphaned-children-in-south-africa/ Thu, 15 Sep 2022 07:58:14 +0000 https://kidzaid.co.za/?p=246210 According to UNICEF: “COVID-19 associated deaths have left nearly 150,000 children as orphans, according to latest data modelling from Imperial College London, as part of the Global Reference Group for Children Affected by COVID-19: Joint Estimates and Action.

That number rises to 207,400 when including children who have lost their primary or secondary caregiver, such as a grandparent.” 

” … These tragic figures reiterate the importance of a holistic and child centred response to the broad ranging impact of COVID-19 on childhood, particularly to protect and support children who have been left without one or both parents, or another primary or secondary caregiver.”

 

 

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