CIRCUMSTANCES OF FOSTER CHILDREN AND THEIR FOSTER PARENTS AFFECTED BY HIV AND AIDS

Abstract

Problems in families and children really begin when a member in the family becomes infectedwith the HI virus (Smit, 2007:8). According to Stine (2007:261), there does not appear to be animmediate end to either the spread of HIV infection or the devastation caused by AIDS. Africa,with about 10% of the world’s population, now accounts for 90% of all new HIV infections inthe world, while it was predicted that at the end of 2008 about 5.8 million South Africanswould be living with HIV and AIDS (Stine, 2007:285-287). According to the Department ofSocial Development (2003:4), HIV and AIDS are dramatically reshaping the South Africanpopulation structure. The number of orphans as a result of AIDS-related deaths is expected torise (Mason & Linsk, 2002:541). This situation places a heavier burden of care ongrandmothers, female relatives, children and community members (Frohlich, in Abdool Karim& Abdool Karim, 2005:351-354).

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