AEGiS-10IAC: AIDS orphan's social and health impact, in Kinshasa Zaire.

10th International AIDS Conference

Yokohama, Japan — Aug 7-12, 1994

AIDS orphan's social and health impact, in Kinshasa Zaire.

Int Conf AIDS 1994 Aug 7-12; 10:400 (abstract no. PD0783)
Baangi M, Mbuene D, Nsuami M, Mandala D; Projet SIDA, Kinshasa, Zaire.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the social and health impact of early death of HIV infected women, upon their children in Kinshasa, Zaire.

METHODS: Free 1989 to 1992, all children enrolled into the first perinatal study and born to HIV(+) mothers, who became AIDS orphan after mothers death, were followed-up, and compared respectively to those whose HIV(+) mothers still alive, were born the same week as the cases (controls 1) and to those born to HIV(-) mothers (controls 2).

RESULTS: After three years of follow-up, 26 (5.5%) out of 475 children initially involved into the study became AIDS orphan compared to 1 (0.16%) out of 616 born to HIV(-) mothers. TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME. No difference was observed when comparing the AIDS orphan's parents (before death), their care-taker socioeconomic status, with those of controls 1 and controls 2 parents.

CONCLUSION: The early mother death due to HIV infection associated to low socioeconomic level leads AIDS orphans to a real management problem. The implantation of adequate structure to care for orphan should be encouraged.

Keywords: AEGIS, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, HIV Infections, Sjogren's Syndrome, Disease Transmission, Vertical, Sezary Syndrome, Health, Mothers, Family Health, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Human, Female, Child, psychology, transmission, ICA10
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