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SA
Policies Impact On Botswana
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The
government of President Festus Mogae has real issues with
Pretoria related to transformation, HIV/Aids and Zimbabwe
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SAFETY NETS FOR CHILDREN AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS IN SOUTHERN
AFRICA |
The
devastating consequences of HIV/AIDS on African societies,
and its particular impact on children, is requiring every
organisation involved in fighting the epidemic to find new
strategies to address adequately both the scale of the
problem and its duration. The crisis of children left behind
by AIDS is a humanitarian, development and human rights
challenge of unprecedented proportions. |
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‘SAVE
OUR YOUTH FROM AIDS’ DRAFT PROPOSAL
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The
impact of the epidemic both on the macro-economic (losses
within the productive age groups, especially skilled,
professional and hard to replace labour, the burden of a high
number of patients with HIV-related diseases on the health
sector) and the household and community level (death of
breadwinners and high numbers of AIDS orphans) is enormous and
threatens to jeopardise the country’s chances of
socio-economic development.
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Serological findings amongst
first-time blood donors |
Blood
safety remains an issue of major concern in transfusion
medicine in developing countries where national blood
transfusion services and policies, appropriate infrastructure,
trained personnel and financial resources are lacking. |
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Sexual Behavior & Condom Use-Kenya |
There is a
marked difference in HIV prevalence between urban areas and
rural areas. In urban areas, HIV prevalence is estimated
to be between 17% and 18% while rural area estimates range
from 12% to 13%. |
306 kb pdf |
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Sexual Behavior and Condom Use in the Context of HIV
Prevention in Kenya |
This report
presents a further analysis of data on sexual behavior, condom
knowledge, and condom use from the 1998 Demographic and Health
Survey. |
396 kb pdf |
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Sexual Initiation among Adolescent Women and Men: Trends
and Differences in Sub-Saharan Africa |
The
risk of unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted
infections including HIV/AIDS may be affected by the age of
sexual debut. An individual who initiates sexual
activity at age 15, will have more exposure to conception over
the reproductive span than one who initiates sex at age 21 |
126 kb pdf |
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Sexually transmitted infections in male clients of female sex
workers in Benin |
Since most
STIs are asymptomatic in this population, case
finding programmes for gonorrhoea and chlamydia could be
useful. The performance characteristics of the LED test
in this study suggest that it could be useful to
detect asymptomatic infection by either C
trachomatis or N gonorrhoeae in high risk
men |
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Sh276 Million to Fight HIV/AIDS Prevalence
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"Funds allocated to various
organisations - sensitising members of the public over the
scourge - should be strictly put into proper use," |
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Shadow on the continent: public health and HIV/AIDS in
Africa in the 21st century |
Approaches to the prevention and control of the HIV/AIDS
epidemic in Africa have been heavily based on early
experiences and policies from industrialized countries,
where the disease affects specific risk groups.
HIV/AIDS has been dealt with differently from other
sexually transmitted or lethal infectious diseases,
despite being Africa‘s leading cause of death |
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kb |
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Sierra Leone-The National AIDS Program for HIV/AIDS |
According to the UN population Division, Sierra Leone’s
population in 1999 was 4,717,000. Adults, aged 15 to 49,
the group most likely to engage in high-risk behavior for HIV
infection, represented approximately 48 percent of the total
population |
41 kb pdf |
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Situation
analysis of discrimination and stigmatization against people
living with HIV/AIDS in West and Central Africa
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Ethical
and legal considerations of those issues
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1,437 kb pdf
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Situation Analysis Report on STD/HIV/AIDS in Nigeria |
The
socio-economic impact of this epidemic on the Nigerian society
has not been documented but it is becoming apparent that the
already fragile health care delivery system is being
overloaded. There are also more reported cases of monoparental
families and orphans. Furthermore the Nigerian population
continues to increase at an alarming rate of 2.83% or more.
Hence, the projected impact will have disastrous consequence
on the population of Nigeria and ultimately of Africa and the
world. Despite all these, the Nigerian populace still
continues to deny the existence of the disease. |
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Social and Economic Impacts of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan
Africa, with Specific References to Aging |
This paper
is a survey of current materials and references relating to
the social and economic impacts of HIV/AIDS, primarily with
respect to Sub-Saharan Africa, and with specific emphasis on
aging and the elderly |
Pdf 189 kb |
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Socio-economic
causes and consequences of the HIV epidemic in southern Africa
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It
has to be stressed that such research on both the causes and
consequences of the epidemic needs to be timely -- the
problems to be addressed are important -- but are generally
everywhere under-recognised
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Socio-economic effects of HIV/AIDS in African countries |
This
study considers the impact on enterprises. The most
notable negative effect has been the decline in labour
supply and loss in productivity because of absenteeism,
while the effect on capital appears less certain. Many
of these effects are greater for small businesses that
are dependent on a few key persons and therefore will be
particularly vulnerable. Foreign direct investment is
likely to decline because of the economic uncertainties
created by the epidemic. Declining economic growth will
mean that the demand for domestic goods will be hit. |
374 kb
pdf |
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Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Unsafe Sexual Behaviors
Among Young Women and Men in South Africa |
Recent
evidence suggests that the burden of new HIV infections in
developing countries is concentrated among young people and
females. Even with knowledge of how to protect oneself
from infection, such information may not always be usable in
daily situations of economic and social disadvantage that
characterize the lives of many young people and women in poor
countries. |
1132 kb pdf |
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Socio-economic Impact. |
The Socio-economic Impact
of HIV/AIDS on Children in a Low Prevalence Context: the Case
of Senegal |
92 kb pdf |
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Sociodemographic context of the AIDS epidemic in a rural
area in Tanzania with a focus on people's mobility and
marriage |
This
analysis focuses on how sociocultural and economic
characteristics of a poor semi-urban and rural
population (Kisesa ward) in north west Tanzania may
directly and indirectly affect the epidemiology
of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STI).
Poverty and sociocultural changes may contribute to
the observed high levels of marital instability and
high levels of short and long
term migration in Kisesa, especially among younger
adults. Marriage and migration patterns are
important underlying factors affecting the spread
of HIV. The most cost-effective intervention strategy
may be to focus on the trading centre in which mobility is
higher, bars were more common, and HIV prevalence
and incidence were
considerably higher than in the nearby rural villages |
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Socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on households
in South Africa
(Large report-increased download time) |
The impact
of HIV/AIDS on households was assessed by means of a
longitudinal (cohort) study of households affected by the
disease. The CHSR&D established a formal relationship with
various stakeholders in the two study sites to facilitate the
recruitment of affected households. Verbal informed consent
was obtained from infected individuals to interview the
households to which they belong. The household impact of
HIV/AIDS was determined by comparing over time the observed
trends in socioeconomic variables in HIV/AIDS households and a
control group using statistical methods. For this purpose, a
survey on the quality of life and the economics of affected
and non-affected households was conducted. |
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Social and Economic Impacts of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan
Africa, with Specific Reference to Aging |
Knowledge
about HIV and AIDS has increase at a great rate since the
first significant appearance of the disease at the beginning
of the 1980s. But complicating factors have also affected
distribution across populations, the way the disease
manifests in certain places, and which groups are at risk.
These factors include migration/mobility, stigma,
socio-cultural practices, human behavioral changes,
prostitution, the absence or presence of education and
awareness interventions undertaken by health,
non-governmental and governmental organizations, and the
prevalence rate |
Pdf 189 kb |
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Social Context of Perception of AIDS Risk and Sexual Behaviour
in Kenya |
While
remarkable efforts are being made to minimize the spread of
HIV and its impact, the AIDS pandemic has continued unabated
and has claimed millions of lives the world over, particularly
in developing countries and more specifically, in sub-Saharan
Africa. The rising prevalence rates and the rapid spread of
HIV/AIDS suggests that the epidemic has not reached its
equilibrium in most of SSA, hence the need for continued
research and interventions into ways of minimizing its spread
and the social and economic impact. |
583 kb pdf |
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South Africa: Compensation for Occupational Injuries and
Diseases Amendment Bill |
COSATU
wishes to use the opportunity of its submission to
Parliament’s Labour Portfolio Committee on the Compensation
for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Amendment Bill ("COIDA
Amendment Bill") to re-emphasise the need for effectively
enforced legislation to provide for the compensation of South
African workers who are injured or who contract disease in the
course of their employment. |
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South Africa-forgotten schools. |
Right to
basic education for children on Farms in South Africa |
702 kb pdf |
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South Africa: HIV & AIDS by Age by Sex |
Charts
and graphs concerning the AIDS epidemic |
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South Africa: Death by AIDS |
Charts
and graphs concerning the AIDS epidemic |
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South Africa: HIV Infection
Rates |
Charts
and graphs concerning the AIDS epidemic |
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South Africa's HIV/AIDS rate lower than expected, but higher
for whites
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"The HIV prevalence among whites and coloureds
clearly indicates that a dynamic epidemic is occurring
in these groups and they should be consciously
incorporated into HIV prevention efforts," the
report found.
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Southern Africa Network of AIDS
Service |
People
living with HIV/AIDS (PLWA) continue to experience Stigma and
discrimination manifested in many ways including loss of
employment, education, travel, insurance, health care and
other social amenities |
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SOUTH
AFRICA: TOUCHED BY THE VENGEANCE OF AIDS…
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The
South African HIV/AIDS epidemic defies description. It is
characterised by three main features - a) the rapid and
unchecked growth of the epidemic b) a lack of any coherent
policy documents on crucial issues and c) the failure of
public prevention campaigns to have an impact
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Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference
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As
the HIV/AIDS pandemic envelops sub-Saharan Africa, the impact
of the disease on South African society and culture broadens.
From a lack of hospital beds to an ever increasing
number of AIDS orphans, South Africa displays the symptoms of
an afflicted nation. While
average adult infection rates throughout the country have
temporarily stabilized, the nation grapples with the enormity
of the disease. |
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SOUTH
AFRICA: "Study Says Circumcision Reduces AIDS Risk by 70
Percent" |
French and South African researchers have found that male
circumcision reduces by about 70 percent a man's risk of
contracting HIV through intercourse with an infected woman. |
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South
African National HIV Prevalence, Behavioral Risks and Mass
Media
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We
have to manage the disease, or the disease will manage us. The
key ingredient to managing the disease successfully is current
and accurate information covering the full cultural and
demographic spectrum of South Africa
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2,884 kb pdf
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Speaker says AIDS, HIV affect young women in Saharan Africa |
Young women are affected the most by HIV and
AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, Karen Stanecki of the U.S. Census
Bureau told K-State students and faculty Tuesday afternoon. |
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Stats-Adolescent sexual & reproductive Health. |
The broad aim
of the study is to develop a detailed understanding of the
context of SRH of young people in the Peddie area and thereby
to establish a knowledge base for appropriate planning and
prioritization
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367 kb pdf |
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Stigma
and HIV/AIDS in Africa
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Review
of issues and responses based on literature review, focus
group discussions and Stigma-AIDS email discussion forum. This
review is based on three approaches aimed at broadening the
participation of key stakeholders in the development of an
operational research agenda on stigma and HIV/AIDS for the
East and Southern African region.
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Surviving on the streets-Sexuality and HIV/AIDS among Male
Street youth in Dessie, Ethiopia |
There is
no place where we can find work and we are forced to think
of other undesirable alternatives which we would have
previously been glad to avoid, things like theft and the
like. We are under great worry right now. |
Pdf 184 kb |
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Swazis have sex workers covered |
As awareness of the AIDS crisis breaks in Swaziland like a
blinding dawn,
measures that would have been unthinkable a year ago are now
being
initiated. |
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Swaziland's deadly cycle of hunger and Aids |
Swaziland, the tiny Southern African kingdom with one of the
world's most severe AIDS problems, has begun to confront the
reality that the epidemic is no longer just a medical problem,
but one that is wreaking economic and social devastation that
threatens national survival |
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Swapo
Man Proposes 'Disclosure' of HIV When Person is Buried
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A
TOP Swapo official yesterday proposed that the globally
respected norm of "no disclosure" of illness should
be relaxed when it comes to HIV.
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Tanzania. |
Monitoring and
Evaluation of National HIV/AIDS/STD program in Tanzania: a
Case Study |
84 kb pdf |
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Targeting HIV-prevention efforts on truck drivers and sex
workers: implications for a decline in the spread of HIV in
Southern Africa |
The role of
mobile populations in the spread of the human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) has been documented in several countries
worldwide.1-4 The role of truck drivers and sex workers in the
spread of HIV has been studied in Africa,5 India,6 and the
USA.7 Due to the migratory nature of their occupation, truck
drivers tend to have multiple sexual partners. |
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Teacher Training: Essential for School-based Reproductive
Health and HIV/AIDS Education |
The
AIDS epidemic has spread to the general population, with up to
half of all new HIV infections occurring among youth under age
25. Since most youth attend school at least for primary
education, school-based programs are a logical place to reach
young people. Understanding the importance and techniques of
teacher training in sexuality education in Africa is
particularly urgent. |
450 kb pdf
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The AIDS epidemic in Africa is hitting farm output
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"The majority of African countries
worst-hit by HIV/AIDS are also those heavily reliant on
agriculture" |
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The AIDS Pandemic in the 21st Century
(Large report-increase download time) |
Although
the full demographic impact is not expected to be felt for
several more years, and perhaps will not be completely
measured at the pandemic’s epicenter in Sub-Saharan Africa,
the emerging downward trends in life expectancy and
population growth, the distortions in age structures, and
the breakdowns in support systems are already being seen in
some countries. |
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The
Current and Future Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic on South
Africa’s Children
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To
investigate the impacts of the HIV/AIDS epidemic upon the
children of South Africa, with a focus on the health, welfare
and education implications
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380 kb pdf
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THE DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA BY
PROVINCE, RACE, AND CLASS
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This paper
presents the results of the ASSA2000 AIDS and Demographic
model developed by the AIDS Committee of the Actuarial
Society of South Africa. This model has been calibrated to
produce results for each of the provinces separately. From
this and other research only, at most, five of the provinces
appear to be experiencing similar epidemics, but starting at
different times, while the other four (KwaZulu-Natal,
Western Cape, Northern Cape and Northern Province) are
clearly experiencing different epidemics. In the
no-intervention, no-behaviour change scenario the ANC clinic
prevalence is expected to plateau in KwaZulu-Natal at nearly
40% while it may barely reach 18% in the Western Cape. The
results also show differences in life expectancy, child and
adult mortality, numbers of orphans, numbers infected,
numbers of AIDS sick and numbers of AIDS deaths, by
province, race and gender. Understanding why different
provinces are experiencing different epidemics will go a
long way to helping us identifying the forces that drive the
spread of this epidemic. The paper also contains a brief
analysis of the likely impact by socio-economic class. |
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The Economic Impact |
The AIDS
epidemic has already affected many sub-Saharan African
countries, and is expected to have profound effects in South
Africa over the next 20 years. By striking sexually active
individuals, AIDS kills individuals during their most
productive years. This impact feeds into the economy in
numerous ways, including: A smaller labour force; A less
productive labour force; Lower savings rates; Lower aggregate
demand; Shifting expenditure towards health care |
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The Economic Impact of AIDS in Nigeria |
AIDS
has the potential to create severe economic impacts in many
African countries. It is different from most other
disease because it strikes people in the most productive are
groups and is essentially 100 percent fatal. The effects
will vary according to the severity of the AIDS epidemic and
the structure of the national economies. The two major
economic effects are a reduction in the labor supply and
increased costs |
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The Economic Impact of AIDS in South Africa |
AIDS has
the potential to create severe economic impacts in many
African countries. It is different from most other diseases
because it strikes people in the most productive age groups
and is essentially 100 percent fatal. The effects will vary
according to the severity of the AIDS epidemic and the
structure of the national economies. |
Pdf 251 kb |
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The Economic Impact of AIDS in Botswana |
AIDS has
the potential to create severe economic impacts in many
African countries. It is different from most other diseases
because it strikes people in the most productive age groups
and is essentially 100 percent fatal. The effects will vary
according to the severity of the AIDS epidemic and the
structure of the national economies. The two major economic
effects are a reduction in the labor supply and increased
costs: Labor Supply and Cost |
Pdf 202 kb |
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The Economic Impact of AIDS in Ethiopia |
Since the
first cases of HIV/AIDS were reported twenty years ago,
nearly 58 million people have been infected and 22 million
have died. Consensus in the international community has
grown over the past two years that HIV/AIDS poses a threat
to development, security, and economic growth. A few studies
over the last ten years have looked at the impact on workers
and their employers. With momentum building to prevent new
infections and treat those already afflicted, more
information is needed to assess economic impacts and cost
efficacy of treatments. |
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The Economic impact of AIDS in Southern Africa |
Since the
first cases of HIV/AIDS were reported twenty years ago,
nearly 58 million people have been infected and 22 million
have died. Consensus in the international community has
grown over the past two years that HIV/AIDS poses a threat
to development, security, and economic growth. A few studies
over the last ten years have looked at the impact on workers
and their employers. With momentum building to prevent new
infections and treat those already afflicted, more
information is needed to assess economic impacts and cost
efficacy of treatments. |
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The Experiences of Measuring and Monitoring Poverty in
Ethiopia |
The
Ethiopian government defines poverty as multi-dimensional
extending beyond the low level of income. The first
dimension is material deprivation (lack of opportunity),
which is measured by an appropriate concept of income or
consumption. The second dimension is low achievement in
education and health (low capabilities). The third and the
fourth dimensions of poverty are vulnerability (and exposure
to risk or low level of security) and voicelessnes (and
powerlessness), respectively. |
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The Health and Wealth of Africa |
This paper
focuses on the central role of health in the development
process. Africa is not only the world’s poorest continent,
but also its least healthily. HIV/AIDS is ravaging the
region’s workforce and shortening average life expectancies. |
98 kb pdf |
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The ‘healthy
brothel’: the context of clinical services for sex workers in
Hillbrow, South Africa |
Sex
workers are at considerable risk of infection from HIV and
sexually transmitted infections. Public health messages
provide information and skills for negotiating safer sex yet
are not always realistic for women who earn a living from sex.
Moreover, conventional health services often present barriers
to sex workers seeking sexual and reproductive health care and
treatment. |
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The
Impact of a Growing HIV/AIDS Epidemic on the Kenyan Children
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Kenya
is one of the countries worst affected by the HIV/AIDS
pandemic
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81 kb pdf
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The Impact of HIV/AIDS in Zambia: Industry and the Public
Sectors |
The author
notes that the impact of HIV infection on a primary industry
such as mining in Zambia will be shaped by numerous factors
that are different from what is known in the industrialised
countries that have mining industries. He discusses the
possible impact of HIV infection and AIDS on mining on the
Copperbelt Province of Zambia. The findings show that the
impact of HIV/AIDS on the Zambian economy is difficult to
quantify. However, the mining industry will have more
expenses to take care of in terms of health and social
services for its miners. It was also noted that the only way
to avoid this would be to recruit only those who are free
from HIV and to routinely screen all miners at frequent
intervals and terminate the services of all who are infected |
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The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Land Issues in Kwazulu-Natal
Province South Africa |
This
report presents the findings of a preliminary study into the
link between HIV/AIDS and land issues in customary tenure
areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The term ‘land
issues’ is understood broadly to include three main
dimensions, namely land use, land rights, and land
administration. |
1125 kb
pdf |
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The
impact of HIV/AIDS on adult mortality in South Africa
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When
AIDS was first wrongly linked to homosexual practice many
Africans promoted the notion that homosexual practices where
‘unAfrican’, thus sowing the seeds for denial to justify
why AIDS would not be prevalent in their communities.
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503 kb pdf
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The Impact of HIV/AIDS on the Education Sector in Southern
Africa |
Since
the onset of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa the virus has
killed approximately 15 million people, and it is estimated
that another 25 million people are infected, representing
almost three-fourths of the world's HIV infections. AIDS
morbidity and mortality is concentrated among working-age
individuals, resulting in a devastating impact on human
capital resources in the world's most affected countries. The
education system, which is the primary mechanism for the
development of the future human resources, has not been spared
the effects of the epidemic. Not only are enrollments
declining as AIDS orphans can no longer afford to attend
school, but the loss of teachers and even education
administrators to the illness is undermining the very
structure of education systems in sub- Saharan Africa. |
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The impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the Education Sector
in Sub-Saharan Africa |
It is
widely accepted that the HIV/AIDS epidemic will seriously
affect the education sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. However,
little systematic empirical research has been undertaken,
particularly in the high prevalence countries that seeks to
assess the actual and likely future impacts on the supply of
and demand for educational services |
Pdf 444 kb |
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The impact of HIV/AIDS on rural households/communities and the
need for multisectoral prevention and mitigation strategies to
combat the epidemic in rural areas |
HIV/AIDS
is no longer restricted to cities. The disease is now
spreading with alarming speed into rural areas and affects the
farming population, especially people in their most productive
years (ages 15 to 45). However, there is also some evidence of
stabilization in HIV infection rates in certain areas of East
and Central Africa. In one rural district of southwest Uganda,
the percentage of those aged 13 and above acquiring HIV
infection each year declined from 7.5 percent in 1989-1990 to
4.5 percent in 1993. This is attributed to success in changing
sexual behaviour. |
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The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) on
Health Policies Of Third World Countries With A Special focus
on HIV/AIDs In Sub - Saharan Africa The Caribbean And India. |
Globally, the HIV pandemic has affected regional areas
differently. The rates or forms of HIV transmission are
arguably said to differ according to geography. In the more
developed socio-economic countries, HIV transmission has
occurred mainly between men who have sex with men, bisexuals
and people who use street drugs intravenously. In the lower
socio-economically-developed countries, HIV transmission is
usually through heterosexuals, with women being the most at
risk, and mother to child transmission being high. |
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The Impact on Economic Growth in Africa of Rising Costs
and Labor Productivity Losses Associated with HIV/AIDS |
This
paper analyzes the impact of HIV/AIDS using a model of
economic retrogression. Derived from reversing direction in an
endogenous growth framework, the model provides a fresh
perspective of the impact of HIV/AIDS on economic growth. Many
analysts have now recognized that their best estimates of the
effect of the epidemic have been systematically understated.
What they have failed to fully account for is that the
HIV/AIDS epidemic has been having a non-linear effect on
economic growth. Our model incorporates this element by
including the feedback to the rate of economic growth of
declining savings and investment due to rising costs and
falling productivity associated with HIV/AIDS. |
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The long-run Economic Costs of AIDS-Theory and an
Application to South Africa |
The
economic costs of AIDS are almost certain to be much
higher. Not only does AIDS destroy existing human capital,
but by killing mostly young adults, it also weakens the
mechanism through with knowledge and abilities are
transmitted from one generation to the next; for the
children of AIDS victims will be left without one or both
parents to love, raise and educate them |
Pdf 570 kb |
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The Macro Implications of HIV/AIDS in South Africa-a
Preliminary Assessment |
The
overall decline in growth performance into the contribution
of the various channels. Given our current assumptions, the
largest share of the deterioration in growth is attributable
to the shift in government current spending towards health
expenses while an additional third stems from slower growth
in total factor productivity…over the course of a decade,
the implications for macroeconomic performance are
substantial |
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THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA |
Surveillance
systems are being improved in some countries and examples of
positive prevention efforts are on the increase. But denial
and stigma create an ideal context for the spread of HIV. |
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The politics of AIDS in South Africa: beyond the
controversies |
With
an estimated five million people infected, South Africa has
the highest number of people with HIV in the world. The most
striking epidemiological fact is the extremely rapid growth in
HIV seroprevalence, for example from 0.7% in pregnant women in
1990 to 24.5% in 2000, reaching 36.2 % in KwaZulu Natal.
The impact on adult mortality has been dramatic. In
2000 AIDS accounted for 25% of all deaths, and
mortality was 3.5 times higher than
in 1985 among 25-29 year old women and two times higher
among 30-39 year old men. This rapid evolution,
unprecedented even on the African continent, is
often seen as yet another symptom of South African
"exceptionalism," a phenomenon often referred
to in the social sciences |
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The
Poor State of Finance in East Africa
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As
was the case for most developing countries, in the past
decade, the East African countries have all been through
financial sector reforms. In the process, the financial
markets have been liberalised, interest and exchange rate
controls removed, the relevant legal and regulatory framework
have been implemented, regulatory capacity has been
strengthened, some state-owned institutions have been
restructured and privatised
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The
Socio-economic Impact of HIV/AIDS on Children in a Low
Prevalence Context: the case of Senegal
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This
report analyses the socio-economic impacts of HIV/AIDS on
children in Senegal as well as the impacts of the response
policies implemented by the different actors
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92 kb pdf
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THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF PERCEPTION OF AIDS RISK AND SEXUAL
BEHAVIOUR IN KENYA |
At the
onset of the epidemic, research and interventions for
HIV/AIDS prevention largely focused on bio-medical
consequences of the disease and ignored the varying
geographical, behavioural, socio-cultural, and economic
contexts underlying the course of the epidemic in SSA.
Similarly, previous studies predominantly targeted groups
considered at high risk of HIV infection thus leaving out a
large group of people potentially at risk. The diffusion of
HIV/AIDS from “core groups” to the general population is
evident in widespread infections among most populations of
SSA countries. The increasing spread and devastating
socioeconomic impact of the epidemic have stimulated a shift
of research priorities from a biomedical and “core groups”
focus to the societal context of sexual behaviour and
HIV/AIDS. |
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The
Status and Trends of the HIV/AIDS Epidemics in the World
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This
report, co-authored by the Durban MAP Symposium participants
and produced in less than 24 hours, reflects a consensus of
the analysis, projections and recommendations brought forward
during the symposium. Its aim is to provide information that
can be used by international bodies, to briefly review the
most important aspects of the history of the HIV/AIDS
epidemics to date, to recognize the current status of and
trends within these epidemics, and to take immediate action to
affect the course of these epidemics in the future.
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THE TRUTH ABOUT UGANDA'S SEX-ED CAMPAIGN AGAINST AIDS |
The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
(SIECUS) describes the Ugandan program as a comprehensive plan
involving both abstinence for those who wish to remain sexually inactive,
and the use of condoms for STD prevention for those who wish to be
sexually active.
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The
White House Initiative to Combat AIDS: Learning from Uganda |
The best evidence suggests that the crucial
factor was a national campaign to discourage risky sexual
behaviors that contribute to the spread of the disease.
Beginning in the mid-1980s, the Ugandan government, working
closely with community and faith-based organizations, delivered
a consistent AIDS prevention message: Abstain from sex until
marriage, Be faithful to your partner, or use Condoms if
abstinence and fidelity are not practiced. |
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Theft,
resale of drugs to be curbed
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The
European Commission has announced plans to stop low-cost drugs
intended for African countries being illegally resold for big
profits in the West.
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Trends in HIV prevalence among pregnant women in
Uganda-1991-2000 |
Power
Point Presentation with several graphs and tables |
815 kg pdf |
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Trends in Reproductive Health Knowledge. |
Trends in
family planning, maternal and child health, and knowledge and
behavior among men and women of reproductive are are compared
to findings from the previous 1995 UDHS. |
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TROUBLE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND THE INTENDED EFFECTS OF
GLOBALIZATION ON UNSUSPECTING POPULATIONS. |
As never
before, we are seeing a major escalation in threats of
enormous "disasters", short of trouble[s], as a
result of superpower nation[s] genocidal conspiracy, and
that Black Africans are to face more unimaginable disasters,
for we shall never be able to understand the vast
implications of these terrible devastations as it passes
before us if we are not extremely familiar with global
master plans being orchestrated in Sub-Saharan Africa on the
one hand and the evolving death to unsuspecting Black
Africans/Americans on the other. |
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Two
South African AIDS vaccine trials expected to begin in
2004
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The universities of Cape Town and Stellenbosch expect to
start vaccine trials for HIV/Aids in 2004, a statement from
the African Human Genome Initiative conference said on
Saturday.
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Uganda. |
Uganda is
currently experiencing a mature and generalized HIV EPIDEMIC,
as evidenced by a high general population seroprevalence and a
high mortality rate from HIV infection |
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Uganda:
HIV and AIDS-related Discrimination, Stigmatization and Denial
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This
report describes research conducted on issues of HIV/AIDS
related issues in central and western Uganda in 1997-98
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411 kb pdf
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Uganda-domestic violence worsens
AIDS
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The Ugandan government's failure to protect
women from domestic violence and discrimination increases
women's risk of contracting HIV, Human Rights Watch said in a
new report released today |
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Ugandans
Say Facts, Not Abstinence, Will Win AIDS War
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Such
candid talk may seem astounding, but it's no wonder Florence
is learning about safe sex at a tender age. She's sitting in
the single-story, concrete building of the AIDS Support
Organization, or TASO, holding her aunt's weak hand, cheering
up yet another woman in her life who is dying from the
disease.
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'Unexplained HIV' in SA's hospitals |
The
children had had overlapping hospitalisation in a regional
hospital,
and since 2000, several cases of unexplained HIV infection in
children were reported, leading to the establishment of a
registry for unexplained transmission at Tygerberg Hospital. |
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User fees: the right to education and health denied |
New research
demonstrates that user fees continue to deny children’s rights
to basic education and health care, despite international
commitments to make these services free and universal.
Southern governments, the donor countries and the World Bank
must now deliver on their obligations, by developing clear
strategies for free education and healthcare, and mobilising
the resources necessary to implement them. |
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VIRGIN SYMBOL AND BODY: CHRISTIAN AND AFRICAN
TRADITIONAL BELIEFS ON SEXUALITY IN RELATION TO THE PROBLEM
OF HIV/AIDS |
One
Sunday, I read an article that reported that more and more
virgin girls are being raped by men who believe
this will "cleanse" them of the disease AIDS. After
finishing reading, it once again freshly daunted me that
these beliefs around the symbol of virginity had actually
shaped my early general education on sexuality by both my
African and Christian Catholic traditions. As a uniquely
embodied African Christian woman in South Africa, I have
experienced my body through the learned roles and
expectations from both my community (family and relatives)
and Christian (Catholic) tradition, apprehended and
communicated to me through the symbol of virginity.
Virginity, as a symbol of purity in both my (African)
culture and (Catholic) Christian tradition meant behaviour
and practices fitting the image of purity, as contrasted
with polluting activities. On the one hand, my mother told
me that, in order to have a blessed and stable marriage I
should enter into the institution of marriage in a pure
bodily condition, that is, not having known any man through
sexual intercourse. My Roman Catholic Sunday school teacher
(who was a nun), on the other hand, instructed me that
virginity is a gift of holiness from God. Basing this
education in sexuality on Pauline tradition, she went on to
quote St. Paul |
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War, famine and now pestilence |
Large areas of
Central Africa could be depopulated in the near future due to
a massive death toll from West African trypanosomiasis,
commonly known as sleeping sickness. The disease is spreading
exponentially and is virtually out of control. In some
provinces of tropical Africa sleeping sickness has become the
number one cause of mortality. |
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We
anticipate a drop in ADS infections
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WE
anticipate a drop in HIV/AIDS infection, Central Board of
Health (CBoH) director general Dr. Ben Chirwa said yesterday.
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We have AIDS-access to medication & care |
How can a
country that cannot afford to feed its own people and assure
them of food security, spend money on medication and care? |
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West
Cape to Provide Nevirapine to All Pregnant HIV-Positive Women
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Every
pregnant HIV positive woman attending antenatal care in public
health facilities in the Western Cape now has access to the
anti-AIDS drug Nevirapine.
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'What's
so special about Aids?'
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The
government will not elevate HIV/Aids above other diseases by
giving it priority attention, says Minister of Health Manto
Tshabalala-Msimang.
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Which
is the Scourge? The Debt or HIV/AIDS?
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Understanding
the twin challenges of globalisation and HIV/AIDs is becoming
an imperative for YMCA people in each of the 127 countries
where the YMCA is present around the world. As we increase our
knowledge and experience of the pandemic and its effects on
young people, the YMCA must add its voice to the ethical and
moral issues which are raised.
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Why is Uganda interesting? |
Uganda is one of the few African countries where rates of
HIV infection have declined, and it is seen as a rare
example of success in a continent facing a severe AIDS
crisis. Uganda's policies are credited with helping to bring
adult HIV prevalence (the proportion of adults living with
HIV) down from around 15% in the early 1990s to around 5% in
2001. At the end of 2005, UNAIDS estimates that 6.7% of
adults were living with the virus. The country is seen as
having implemented a well-timed and successful public
education campaign |
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Widowhood, remarriage and migration during
the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Uganda |
In order for
the widow to be socially integrated into the support
systems, she needs four factors in her favour. The first
favour is the society with its composition and culture.
Secondly, the community within which the widow lives can
help her overcome much of her sadness. This includes a
favourable neighborhood and working environment. Thirdly
the widow’s recovery from her problems depends on the
support she gets from the family of her late husband whose
attitude towards widow |
