HIV/AIDS is perhaps the fastest growing worldwide health concern today. Universally, adolescents have been identified as a group at high risk of HIV infection (Richter & Swart-Kruger, 1995). Very little information is available on the lifestyles, health and rate of HIV infection among street children in Zimbabwe. Isolated studies focusing on street children have begun to emerge in some countries and show HIV infection as an issue of growing concern. Our knowledge on the subject is still very limited. This report outlines the patterns of risk to HIV by street children in Harare, especially street boys, as well as outlining an assessment of their knowledge of, and attitudes towards the disease.
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