Survival and rights: use of children in the fishing industry on the Volta Lake in Ghana • Samuel K Annim, University of Cape Coast ; Eugene Darteh, University of Cape Coast

Perinatal and neonatal mortality among the Mijikenda community of Kilifi District. • Evasius K Bauni, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) ; Hellen Gatakaa, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) ; Tom Williams, Wellcome Trust ; James Nokes, Wellcome Trust ; Anthony Scott, Wellcome Trust

Do health services in Africa correspond to the health needs of the populations? The case of constructing a new hospital in a rural setting in Senegal • Malick Kante, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Emmanuelle Guyavarch, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Gilles Pison, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Socio- cultural challenges facing community- based interventions in providing care and support to children affected by HIV/AIDS in Lesotho • Ts'epang Manyeli, National University of Lesotho

Reduction in the burden of malarial anaemia: Confirmation of an anti-vector approach • Jasbir K. Sangha, Macro International Inc. ; Kiersten Johnson, Macro International Inc.