This paper's main aim is to synthesize recent existing evidence and outline the key messages that will improve understanding of the situation of children affected by HIV and AIDS. It is intended to stimulate a wider dialogue among policymakers, practitioners, researchers and donors.

Project activities focused around the XVII International AIDS Conference (IAC) and a pre-conference symposium on children and HIV, both held in Mexico City from 1-8 August 2008.

Descripción general del trabajo deáreducción de daños asociados a las drogas ilícitas en América Latina al año 2008. También se menciona los problemas causados por alcohol, todo en relación al VIH/SIDA.

Both general education and HIV and AIDS-related education have a role to play in protecting girls from infection.

We examined the association of orphanhood and completion of compulsory school education among young people in South Africa. In South Africa, school attendance is compulsory through grade 9, which should be completed before age 16.