Projects
These projects are a sample of the research activity of Network members.
A study to determine the effectiveness of the non-profit organisation, "Grandmothers Against Poverty and AIDS," as an agent in the fight against the effects of AIDS on households headed by grandmothers. (Broderick, Mafuya)AVNI Health Foundation- The impact of the AIDS epidemic on older people in India, with a focus on the State of Maharashtra. (Bhardwaj)
Contributing to UNICEF’s Review of Safety Net Programmes in Eastern & Southern Africa (in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia and Mozambique). (Sleap)
Dying Children with AIDS and Malaria: the impacts on older parents (Moore, Foster, Chang, Vosvick)
Effects of HIV/AIDS on families and households in Sub-Saharan Africa (Merli, Palloni)
G.E.N.O.: Grandparents Empowered to Nurture Orphans – Funded by the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation and Global Health Action, Inc., 2006-2007 (King, Melamed, Oloo, Mubiru, Mukasa, Nakazzi Kyaddondo, Kilele, Muga, Anastasia, Owino, Oyoo)
Gogo (Grandmother) Project (Ogunmefun, Schatz)
HIV/AIDS And The Changing Role Of The Aged: Understanding The Role, Constraints And Consequences for the Elderly as Providers of Education to Children Orphanaged By HIV/AIDS. (Kakooza, Kimuna)
HIV/AIDS Impact on the older people in the community: A case study of the older people in slum settlements of Nairobi, Kenya (Langat)
HIV/AIDS Project: Impact on Older Persons in Northern Thailand (Pothiban, Pongchompoo, Panuthai)
Household Level Effects of HIV/AIDS Mortality (Schatz, Madhavan, Menken)
Increasing the visibility of, and improving support to, older women carers of people living with HIV/AIDS and orphans and vulnerable children (in Mozambique, South Africa, the Sudan, Vietnam and Thailand). (Sleap)
Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP) (Behrman, Kohler, Watkins, Chimbiri, Regnerus, Weinreb, Thornton)
Older informal caregivers to people with HIV/AIDS in Lomé, Togo (Moore, Henry)
Older women as carers to children and grandchildren affected by AIDS: towards supporting the carers (Ferreira, Broderick, Keikelame, Mosaval)
Pilot Project of Experiment on propaganda and social care on AIDS among the aged people in China (Qin)
Promoting access to and use of Voluntary Counseling and Testing and Antiretroviral Therapy among people living with AIDS in Ghana (van der Geest, Senah, Antwi)
Raising the Visibility of Older Women Carers (Khiewrord , Maher, Duffield, Chicusse, Paul, Tran, Wyse, Cherian, Clark., Truckenbrod)
Regional Africa HIV/AIDS Programme (in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Uganda and South Africa). (Sleap)
Socio-demographic Impact of AIDS Epidemic on Elderly in Thailand (Knodel, Saengtienchai, VanLandingham, Im-em, Kespichayawattana)
Supporting the needs and roles of older women and men severely affected by HIV/AIDS in Thailand (Khiewrord )
The Effect Of HIV/AIDS Mortality On South Africa's Life Expectancy And Implications For The Elderly Population (Mba)
The Impact of AIDS, Poverty, and Social Upheaval on the Elderly: The Case of Cambodia (Knodel, Zimmer, Kiry, Puch)
The Impact of Illness and Death of Adult Children on the Elderly in South Africa (Case , Lam, Ardington, Menendez)
The physical, emotional and social wellbeing of older people with offspring infected or dead due to HIV/AIDS in Entebbe, Uganda (Scholten, Kinyanda, Miiro)
Vital Events Registration Addis Ababa (VERAA) (Reniers, Tesfai, Sanders)