![]() Some agencies and studies only count orphans as children who have lost their mothers (i.e., maternal orphans), not their fathers (i.e., paternal orphans). Finally, there is the issue of who is counted as a child orphan. There are cultural nuances in the use of the term ‘child orphan.’ For example, in some African countries, an orphan is a destitute child, regardless of whether he or she has a mother or father or both who have died. A definition of child orphans that used the language of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which defines a child as anyone 18 years of age or less, would include this vulnerable population of 15- to 18-year-olds. Adolescents beyond 15 years of age have needs and require adult support. However, there are problems with this definition. Kasper, in International Encyclopedia of Public Health, 2008 Prevalence of Orphaned and Vulnerable ChildrenĪ commonly used definition of ‘orphan’ is a child whose parents died before the child reached the age of 15. ![]()
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