Children of the storm: HIV/AIDS and children in South AfricaFootnote¹

This research paper is sponsored by USAID and administered by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc. under a subcontract agreement from Nathan Associates Inc. The authors wish to thank Jeremy Seekings, who commented on an earlier draft of this paper.

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