HIV/AIDS and the security sector in Africa / edited by Obijiofor Aginam and Martin R. Rupiya.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aginam, Obijiofor, 1969-

Rupiya, Martin Revai.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

HIV infections--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

HIV infections.

Security sector--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Security sector.

Soldiers--Health and hygiene--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Soldiers.

Police--Health and hygiene--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Police.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Armed Forces.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout history, communicable diseases have devastated armies and weakened the capacity of state institutions to perform core security functions. Today, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa has prompted many of the affected countries to initiate policies aimed at addressing its impact on their armed forces, police, and prisons. This volume explores the dynamics of how the security sectors of selected African states have responded to the complex and multifaceted challenges of HIV/AIDS. Current and impending African HIV/AIDS policies address a range of security-related issues: - The role of peacekeepers in the spread or control of HIV - The dilemma of public health (the need to control HIV) versus human rights (protection against mandatory medical testing) needs - The gender dimensions of HIV in the armed forces - The impact of HIV on the police and prisons The chapters in HIV/AIDS and the Security Sector in Africa are written by African practitioners, including commissioned officers who are currently serving in the armed forces, medical officers and nurses working in the military, and African policy and academic experts. While the book does not comprehensively address all aspects of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the security sector, the contributors nonetheless highlight the potentials and limits of existing policies.

Contents:

Understanding the dynamics of HIV/AIDS and the security sector in Africa: an overview / Obijiofor Aginam, Martin R. Rupiya, Johanna Stratton and Andrea Ottina

HIV/AIDS and the military: national and sub-regional perspectives

HIV/AIDS and the South African National Defence Force: anecdotal evidence from outside and within / Lindy Heinecken

Policy, security and outcomes: HIV/AIDS and the Uganda People's Defence Forces / Charles Bakahumura

The ECOWAS regional framework on HIV/AIDS and the military in West Africa / Ayodele Akenroye

HIV and the military: a human rights impact assessment of Nigeria's armed forces HIV/AIDS control policy guidelines / Babafemi Odunsi

Challenges to the regeneration of the armed forces: HIV/AIDS and its impact on the military life-cycle / Gerald Gwinji

A civil society perspective on the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force policy responses to HIV/AIDS / Nathi Gumede

HIV/AIDS and peacekeeping in Africa

Culture and HIV/AIDS in African peacekeeping operations / Gwinyayi Albert Dzinesa

The African Union and the HIV/AIDS crisis: harnessing alternative policy options / Olajide O. Akanji

The Zambia Defence Force: considerations on peacekeeping and HIV/AIDS / Lawson F. Simapuka

A disorderly resolution of an organized conflict: the military dimension and the spread of HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone / Olubowale Josiah Opeyemi

HIV/AIDS: perspectives on the police and prisons

Policing against stigma and discrimination: HIV/AIDS in the Zambia Police Service / Charles M. Banda

HIV/AIDS in Cameroon: the policy response of the police / Polycarp Ngufor Forkum

Policy challenges on HIV/AIDS and prisons: towards a Southern African template / Martin R. Rupiya

HIV/AIDS among Cameroonian prison staff: response to a deadly challenge / Tayou André Lucien

HIV/AIDS: gender and other emerging issues

HIV/AIDS and women in the Zimbabwe Defence Forces: a gender perspective / Getrude P.S. Mutasa

Rape and HIV/AIDS as weapons of war: human rights and health issues in post-conflict societies / Obijiofor Aginam.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-808-7178-1

OCLC:

848066398