South Africa and HIV
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- Are poor South African women more likely to have risky sex than women from more affluent households?
- F Booysen; J Summerton / Centre for Health Systems Research & Development, University of the Free State, South Africa, 2002
- This paper explores the relationship between poverty, knowledge about HIV/AIDS and risky sexual behavior. Household wealth is measured using the asset index approach, while inequalities in health are measured with the aid of the conce...
- Why companies need to broaden their strategies to include the needs of children affected by HIV/AIDS
- N. Shunmugam; M. Moshoeshoe; S. de Cleene / Save the Children Fund, 2002
- HIV/AIDS is now the greatest threat to child development in many parts of the world, including South Africa,and will continue to affect the lives of several generations of children. This report from Save the Children summarises...
- Effects of HIV/AIDS on older Africans
- Ageing and Life Course (WHO), 2001
- Project set in four countries in Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania. It aims to identify barriers that prevent older people from providing adequate and fulfilling care to their children dying from HIV/AIDS and, subsequ...
- Demographic implications of the AIDS epidemic in South Africa
- Medical Research Council, South Africa, 2001
- Demographic projections of the epidemic indicate that HIV/AIDS will cause a rapid change the age and sex pattern of deaths in South Africa. A system to monitor the age pattern has been developed by the Medical Research Council....
- Coping with prime age adult AIDS-related illness and death
- C. Desmond; K. Michael; J. Gow / Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of Natal, 2000
- This paper examines the impact on family and community of the three ‘phases’ in the cycle of illnessand death from AIDS: 1. the illness; 2. the period following immediately after death; and 3. the longer-term aftermath. It e...
- Education sectors in Southern Africa are a primary site for HIV containment or disaster - or both
- P. Badcock-Walters; A. Whiteside / Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division, University of Natal, 2000
- The objective of this paper is to describe the underlying problem of HIV/AIDS in the context of education development in Southern Africa, and also to identify opportunities for remedial action and positive enablement. The paper highli...
- Fair in theory, unfair in practice: TRIPS and health care in Southern Africa
- R. Loewenson; G. Munot; V. Tyson / EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2000
- This paper investigates the consequences of WTO agreements relating to health, and primarily the TRIPS agreement on health care and drug access for Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. The paper provides a b...
- What does the AIDS epidemic mean for the South African GDP
- C. Arndt; J. Lewis / Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2000
- Paper reports on the preliminary results from an analysis of the macro impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. Study uses an economy-wide simulation model to generate and compare two scenarios: a hypothetical "no-AIDS" scenario in which t...
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