AIDS: The ‘Grandmothers' Disease’ in Southern Africa
Valerie Møller a1 a1 Centre for Social and Development Studies,
University of Natal, Durban 4041, South Africa
Abstract
In Africa, AIDS is called the grandmothers' disease
because the burden of
caring for the sick and the survivors falls on older women. The two abstracts
which follow report an overview of research on the social and economic
effects
of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Southern Africa and a case study of an
intervention among older women in a Botswanan village.
