Formulating and Implementing Socioeconomic Policies for Children in the Context of HIV/AIDS: A South African Case Study

The HIV prevalence rate in South Africa is among the highest in the world and the country also outranks all others in the absolute number of infected people within its borders. HIV/AIDS is among the major problems facing the country, but certainly not the only major socioeconomic challenge. Although South Africa is a middle-income country, it has high levels of poverty due to highly unequal distribution of income and resources.