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Street Children and Street Life in Urban Tanzania: The Culture of Surviving and its Implications for Children’s Health

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  • Joe L. P. Lugalla
  • Jesse Kazeni Mbwambo

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This paper presents data from an in‐depth study conducted among street children in an urban setting in Tanzania. It examines the reasons ‘children of the street’ leave their homes, how they survive and meet their daily needs, what problems they encounter whilst on the streets and how they surmount them. The paper also examines the implications of street life for children’s health. The findings show that general poverty lies at the center of the increasing number of street children in Tanzania. Street life makes the children vulnerable to a variety of problems including ill health. Policies in Tanzania have so far failed to solve this problem, particularly because social policies have been dealing with symptoms rather than essential causes. The paper ends by outlining short‐ and long‐term policy solutions and also suggests directions for future research and early intervention. — Cet article présente les données d’une étude en profondeur conduite parmi les enfants des rues dans un cadre urbain en Tanzanie. Il explore les raisons pour lesquelles ‘les enfants des rues’ partent de chez eux, comment ils survivent et surviennent à leurs besoins quotidiens, les problèmes qu’ils rencontrent dans les rues et comment ils les surmontent. Cet article examine aussi les implications de la vie dans la rue pour la santé des enfants. Les résultats montrent que la pauvreté générale est la raison centrale du nombre croissant d’enfants dans les rues en Tanzanie. La vie dans les rues rend les enfants susceptibles à de nombreux problèmes, y compris la mauvaise santé. La politique de la Tanzanie n’a pas encore réussi à résoudre ce problème, en particulier parce que la politique sociale a adressé les symptômes plutôt que les causes essentielles. Cet article propose des solutions politiques à court et à long terme et suggère également des options pour les recherches futures et pour des interventions précoces.

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  • Joe L. P. Lugalla & Jesse Kazeni Mbwambo, 1999. "Street Children and Street Life in Urban Tanzania: The Culture of Surviving and its Implications for Children’s Health," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 23(2), pages 329-344, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijurrs:v:23:y:1999:i:2:p:329-344:b
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.00198
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    1. Joe L.P Lugalla, 2003. "Aids, Orphans, and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review of the Dilemma of Public Health and Development," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 19(1), pages 26-46, March.
    2. Oumou Diallo & Guang Wang & Hamadoun Toure, 2015. "Livelihoods Used by Street Children for Survival in Bamako, Mali," International Journal of Psychological Studies, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 8(1), pages 1-53, March.

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