The dominant global perception that sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing an “AIDS orphan
crisis”, coupled with growing trends in international voluntourism, has fostered a potentially …

The health and demography of the South African population has been undergoing
substantial changes as a result of the rapidly progressing HIV epidemic. Researchers at the …

Gender is increasingly recognised as fundamental to understanding migration processes,
causes, and consequences. In South Africa, it is intrinsic to the social transformations fueling …

Mainstream research and the popular media often equate female-headship with household
vulnerability, crisis, and disorganization. Epidemic levels of HIV/AIDS in some parts of sub …

This chapter gives an overview of children's living arrangements in South Africa, drawing
mainly on household surveys. It draws attention to the diversity of family forms and living …

Background Studies of the consequences of orphanhood usually focus on measuring its
impact on education outcomes. The findings of these studies are mixed. Several studies use …

Increasing adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa raises considerable
concern about the welfare of surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability …

There are compelling reasons to believe that orphans–many millions due to the AIDS
epidemic–are more likely to be sexually victimized during childhood. Few studies have …

Background Fathers are intricately bound up in all aspects of family life. This review
examines fathers in the presence of HIV: from desire for a child, through conception issues …

Research on the relationship between migration and HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa
often suggests that migrants are at higher risk of HIV infection because they are more likely …