Of the 49.9 million HIV infections that had occurred worldwide by late 1999, 74% were in sub-
Saharan Africa; 84% of AIDS deaths, 91% of child HIV infections and 94% of child AIDS …

Many of the challenges facing children now are a function of changing times, including
increase in urbanization, political violence, changing family forms, and in some areas …

We examine the impact of orphanhood on children's school enrollment in 10 sub-Saharan
African countries. Although poorer children in Africa are less likely to attend school, the …

An estimated 4 million children, or about 10% of the entire South African population, will be
orphaned by the year 2015. There is growing consensus that the extended family system is …

This handbook focuses on the connections among gender, migration, development and
transnationalism. This chapter takes up a highly focused topic–what appears at first to be a …

There is a large amount of research into maternal health as a health issue, but maternal
health as a development issue has been less explored. This Review analyses the evidence …

Provisional estimates from a Save the Children Fund enumeration study in four Ugandan
districts indicate that the total number of orphans (one or both parents missing) ranges …

HIV/AIDS is generating a major humanitarian crisis for families in Sub-Saharan Africa. The
number of children who have lost one or both parents to AIDS is expected to rise to 35 …

In this review we focus on the relationship between infant feeding practices and the growth
of children around the world. Children's growth is often used as an index of the overall …

The AIDS epidemic has caused an increase in adult mortality and consequently an increase
in the numbers of orphaned children. Data were used from the Kisesa Community Study in …