Protecting Childhood in the AIDS Pandemic
Finding Solutions that Work
Edited by Jody Heymann, Lorraine Sherr, and Rachel Kidman
Author Information
Jody Heymann, MD, PhD, is the Founding Director of the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University. She led some of the earliest work on preventing post-natal HIV transmission, reducing HIV associated tuberculosis, and improving ways to get HIV treatment to low-income settings. An internationally renowned researcher on public policy and equity in 190 countries, Heymann's work has been featured widely in The New York Times, Washington Post,CNN, NPR, Financial Times, and Business Week, among other leading national and international media.
Lorraine Sherr, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and academic working in London with wide national and international research and policy experience. She has authored over 255 publications on the subject of HIV infection generally and families particularly. She has sat on the World Health Organization's Strategic Organizational committee and has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship for work on mothers and infants in HIV.
Rachel Kidman, PhD, is a Research Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University, where her research focuses on the development of appropriate social interventions to help protect the welfare of children affected by AIDS. She has conducted research on health and educational disparities and programs serving vulnerable children and their families in sub-Saharan Africa.
Contributors:
Michelle Adato, PhD
Director of Social and Gender Assessment
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Simona Bignami, PhD
Assistant Professor of Social Statistics
Université de Montréal, Canada
Agnes Binagwaho, MD
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health
Republic of Rwanda
Mark E. Boyes, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Officer of Social Policy and Intervention
University of Oxford, and
Junior Research Fellow
Wolfson College
Kevin Clarke, MD
Pediatrician
South to South Program
Zambia, Malawi and South Africa
Janine Clayton, PhD
Psychosocial Support Technical Advisor
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Lucie Cluver, PhD
Lecturer
Oxford University, and
Honorary Lecturer
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Mark Cotton, MD, PhD
Senior Specialist and Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health
Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Children's Hospital, South Africa
Hoosen Coovadia, MD
Director of Maternal and Child Health
University of the Witwaterstrand, and
Emeritus Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health and HIV/AIDS Research
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Chris Desmond, PhD
Research Associate
François-Xavier Bagnoud Centre for Health and Human Rights
Harvard University
Angela Dramowski, FCPaed, MBChB
Fellow in Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Children's Hospital, South Africa
Patrice Engle, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Child Development
California Polytechnic State University
Geoff Foster, MD
Pediatrician
Ministry of Health
Mutare, Zimbabwe
Stefan Germann, PhD
Director for External Partnerships, Research and Learning for Health, HIV and Nutrition
World Vision International
Yan Guo, PhD
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Pediatric Prevention Research Center
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Jody Heymann, MD, PhD
Founding Director
Institute for Health and Social Policy, and
Canada Research Chair in Global Health and Social Policy
McGill University
Stuart Kean, PhD
Senior HIV and AIDS Policy Adviser
World Vision International
Malega Constance Kganakga, PhD
Chief Director of the HIV/AIDS Division
National Department of Social Development, South Africa
Rachel Kidman, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Xiaoming Li, PhD
Professor and Director of Pediatric Prevention Research Center
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Vinod Mishra, PhD
Chief of the Population Policy Section
Population Division, United Nations Population Division
Happyson Musvosvi, MD, MPH
Clinical Advisor
South to South Program
Marie-Louise Newell, PhD
Professor of Pediatric Epidemiology
University College Institute of Child Health, London, and
Professor of Health and Population Studies
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Nathan Nshakira MD
Associate Lecturer in Public Health
Uganda Christian University, Mukono, Uganda
MiHyung Park, MPH
Regional Program Development and Evaluation Officer for Asia
Samaritan's Purse
Linda Richter, PhD
Distinguished Research Fellow
Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, and
Honorary Professor of Paediatrics
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and
Honorary Fellow of Psychiatry
University of Oxford
Marina Rifkin, MHS
Program Monitoring Advisor
South to South Program
Rachel Samuel, PhD
Director
Sustainable Health and Development Solutions, United Kingdom
Annemadelein Scherer
Neuro-Developmental Advisor
South to South Program
Lorraine Sherr, PhD
Clinical psychologist, and
Professor in Clinical Health Psychology
Royal Free and University College Medical School
Amy Slogrove, PhD
Paediatric Clinical Advisor
South to South Program
Liezl Smit, MD
Clinical Program Director
South to South Program
Nigel Taylor
Coordinator
Friends of Treatment Action, United Kingdom
Douglas Webb, PhD
Social Scientist
UNICEF, Ethiopia