Vulnerabilities, impacts and responses to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa / edited by Getnet Tadele and Helmut Kloos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Getnet Tadele, editor.

Kloos, Helmut, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control.

Public health.

HIV infections.

Africa South of the Sahara.

HIV Infections--prevention & control.

Public Health--methods.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Vulnerable Populations.

AIDS (Disease)--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

AIDS (Disease).

Sub-Saharan Africa.

HIV infections--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Public health--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Medical Subjects:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--prevention & control.

Africa South of the Sahara.

HIV Infections--prevention & control.

Public Health--methods.

Socioeconomic Factors.

Vulnerable Populations.

Physical Description:

xiv, 274 pages : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Almost four decades since AIDS was first reported in Africa, the epidemic has reached a watershed moment where progress in prevention, care and support programs confronts intransigent socioeconomic and gender rights barriers and emerging funding uncertainties. While there are grounds for cautious optimism that the incidence of HIV infections and AIDS-related mortality can be further reduced, they cannot, by themselves, end the epidemic. This will require overcoming gendered inequalities, HIV stigma and neglect of high-risk youth and socially peripheralized groups.

Contents:

Introduction / Getnet Tadele

Contextualizing HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: the link with tradition, religion, and culture / Getnet Tadele and Woldekidan Amde

Gender inequalities, power relations, and HIV/AIDS: exploring the interface / Ayalew Gebre, Tekalign Ayalew, and Helmut Kloos

Youth sexuality and HIV/AIDS: issues and contentions / Woldekidan Amde and Getnet Tadele

Food insecurity, poverty, and HIV/AIDS / Ayalew Gebre, Sebsib Belay, and Helmut Kloos

Socioeconomic and psychosocial impacts of HIV/AIDS and responses at different levels of society / Ayalew Gebre, Damtew Yirgu, and Helmut Kloos

HIV/AIDS and the mining and commercial agricultural sectors in Southern Africa / Charles Hongoro, Getnet Tadele, and Helmut Kloos

Access to treatment, care, support, and prevention services / Getnet Tadele, Woldekidan Amde, and Helmut Kloos

Care and support for AIDS orphans / Woldekidan Amde and Getnet Tadele

Mainstreaming HIV interventions into education systems / Anne A. Khasakhala

Monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention programs / Anne A. Khasakhala and Helmut Kloos

Ethical issues in HIV/AIDS biomedical research / Anne A. Khasakhala and Helmut Kloos

Conclusion / Damen Haile Mariam and Helmut Kloos.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1137009942

9781137009944

OCLC:

854908460

Publisher Number:

99961522836