Socio-economic consequences of AIDS in Benin: what does the existing literature tell us? • Narcisse Kouton, CARE

Impact, challenges, and response to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review note • Ita Ekanem, Independent Consultant

Orphans and AIDS: a challenge for Brazil • Maria Graciela González de Morell, Universidade de São Paulo ; Regina Maria Lacerda ; Neide Silva, Universidade de São Paulo ; Maria Aparecida Costa

Caring and contributing: the role of older women in multigenerational households in the HIV/AIDS era • Catherine Ogunmefun, University of the Witwatersrand ; Enid Schatz, University of Colorado at Boulder

HIV/AIDS and fertility in South Africa • Oliver Zambuko, University of Natal ; Akim Mturi, University of Natal