Includes bibliographical references and index.

Family and community-based care for children affected by HIV/AIDS: strengthening the frontline response / Stanley Ngalazu Phiri and David Tolfree -- Strengthening households and communities: the key to reducing the economic impacts of HIV/AIDS on children and families / Jill Donahue -- The educational system's response to the needs of orphans and children affected by HIV/AIDS / Michael J. Kelly -- Psychosocial impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on children and youth / Laurie Bauman with Stefan Germann -- Human rights and children affected by HIV/AIDS / Sofia Gruskin and Daniel Tarantola -- Religion and responses to orphans in Africa / Geoff Foster -- Making the right choices: protecting Asian-Pacific children and young people from HIV and its impacts / Tim Brown and Werasit Sittitrai -- Troubled tapestries: children, families, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States / Barbara H. Draimin and Warren A. Reich -- Interventions to support children affected by HIV/AIDS: priority areas for future research / Douglas Webb -- Finding a way forward: reducing the impacts of HIV/AIDS on vulnerable children and families / John Williamson.