Street Children, Drugs and HIV/AIDS: The response of preventive education
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Summary
The problem of street children facing drugs and HIV/AIDS cannot be dissociated from the conditions in which these two afflictions develop. The first part of this document covers these. We shall see how drugs and HIV/AIDS find fertile soil in which to spread, and why certain populations, in this case young people, become their main victims. In order to determine more precisely the specific nature and characteristics of street children, this document will describe the underlying causes of their situation as well as their living conditions in the street and their strategies for survival there. We shall then understand why they are particularly exposed and extremely vulnerable to drugs and HIV/AIDS.
In order to be as accurate as possible and provide specific information, this study will be confined to six sub-Saharan African countries: Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Togo
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