Abstract Background and Aims Street children face a disproportionately higher risk of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) due to …

Background: Globally, street-involved children and youth (SICY) who work and live on/of the
streets are at higher risk of increased psychoactive substances and injecting drug use …

Street children as a population sub-group exist in significant numbers in the developing
world and have been reported to be vulnerable to adverse health and risk behaviours that …

While the right to housing is a fundamental right per article 25 of the 1948 Universal
Declaration of Human Rights,'homelessness' is still generally a Western concept and not …

We used four methods (direct count, indirect count, wisdom of the crowd, and unique object
multiplier) to map and estimate the population size of street children in six major cities in Iran …

Afghan refugees child labourers face many challenges as they are labelled as refugees. In
an attempt to explore these challenges, the present study was conducted in Tehran with a …

Objective Foreign-origin street children are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS mainly due to poverty,
violence, early sexual activity and poor access to health care services. This study aimed to …

Objective Street children are vulnerable against HIV because of poverty, lack of family
support, adult supervision, social exclusion, lack of access to health services and their …

Background: The prevalence and patterns of substance use and its related risk factors in
street children are significant for policymakers. The present study was conducted in six cities …

Background For decades, child labor has been an important global issue associated with
inadequate educational opportunities, poverty and gender inequality. In order to make …