Background As access to treatment increases, large numbers of HIV-positive parents are
raising HIV-negative children. Maternal HIV disclosure has been shown to have benefits for …

An estimated 2.8 million children are born to HIV-infected mothers each year, 2.5 million of
whom are likely to be HIV-exposed but uninfected. In sub-Saharan Africa up to 40% of …

Objectives To compare neurodevelopmental outcomes of HIV‐exposed uninfected (HEU)
and HIV‐unexposed uninfected (HUU) infants in a peri‐urban South African population …

Each year over a million infants are born to HIV-infected mothers. With scale up of
prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) interventions, only 210 000 of the 1.3 …

The progress in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV has led to a significant
reduction in mother-to-child HIV transmission, increasing the population of HIV-exposed …

In this book we explore the nature of contemporary childhood and the social and cultural
contexts within which we find children. In doing so we are also examining the political …

Objectives: Increasingly, HIV-infected parents are surviving to nurture their children. Parental
HIV disclosure is beneficial, but disclosure rates to younger children remain low. Previously …

Objectives: Sub-Saharan Africa has large populations of HIV-infected parents who need
support to raise their HIV-uninfected children. This research evaluates the 'Amagugu …

Advances in access to HIV prevention and treatment have reduced vertical transmission of
HIV, with most children born to HIV-infected parents being HIV-uninfected themselves. A …

This chapter provides an overview of the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on vulnerable
children and families in sub-Saharan Africa. There is a discussion of the terms used to …