Death and the African family: the impact of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa • Ian M. Timaeus, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) ; Julian D. May, University of Kwazulu-Natal

Rapid surveillance of AIDS mortality in South Africa • Ria Laubscher, Medical Research Council of South Africa ; David Bourne, Medical Research Council of South Africa

Predicting HIV trends to strengthen strategic planning in India: modelling and analysis • Arni S.R. Srinivasa Rao, Indian Statistical Institute ; Kurien Thomas, Christian Medical College ; Kurapati Sudhakar, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ; Philip Maini, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

Refusal bias in HIV prevalence estimates from nationally representative seroprevalence surveys • Jeff Eaton, Imperial College