Overview: HIV/AIDS in Africa: global &amp; local inequalities &amp; responsibilities

Baylies, Carolyn

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Review of African Political Economy

Volume 27, Issue 86

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Overview: HIV/AIDS in Africa: global & local inequalities & responsibilities

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Author(s): Carolyn Baylies ^a

Publication date (Print): December 2000

Journal: Review of African Political Economy

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This issue of the Review is devoted to an examination of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, an emergency which compromises the future of so many on the continent, yet is persistently underplayed. The depth of need it has generated has scarcely been measured and not even begun to be met. Although increasingly acknowledged to be grounded in social behaviour and systemic inequalities, HIV/AIDS is still treated predominantly as a health problem. At the same time, far more attention continues to be paid to the (admittedly crucial) issues of prevention and care than to the economic and social impact of AIDS and the ways it can be addressed and mitigated.

This introduction to the issue expands upon general points made in the editorial and reviews some of these issues by exploring two aspects of the multi‐layered context of the AIDS epidemic:

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The question of what African governments should and can do in the face of AIDS, and
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The viability and potential of the International Partnership on AIDS in Africa.

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Title: Review of African Political Economy

Publisher: Review of African Political Economy

ISSN (Print): 0305-6244

ISSN (Electronic): 1740-1720

Publication date (Print): December 2000

Volume: 27

Issue: 86

Pages: 487-500

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^a University of Leeds , UK

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Publisher ID: 8704485 Coden ID: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 27, No. 86, December 2000, pp. 487-500

DOI: 10.1080/03056240008704485

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[1] Af-AIDS. . 805,17 May 2000, af-aids@hivnet.ch

[2] Ainsworh M and Teokul W. . 2000. . ’Breaking the Silence: setting realistic priorities for AIDS control in developing countries’. . Lancet . , Vol. 356:: 55––60. .

[3] Baylies C. . 1999. . International partnership in the fight against AIDS, addressing need and redressing injustice?’. . Review of African Political Economy . , Vol. 26((81)): 387––94. .

[4] Baylies C, Bujra J and the Gender and AIDS Group. . 2000. . AIDS, Sexuality and Gender in Africa, Collective Strategies and Struggles in Tanzania and Zambia . , London : : Routledge. .

[5] 2000. . Daily News . , 28 September;

[6] Donahue J. . June. 1998 . “‘Community‐Based Economic Support for Households Affected by HIV/AIDS’. ”. In Discussion Paper on HIV/AIDS Care and Support No. 6 . , June. , Arlington , VA : : Health Technical Services (HTS) Project, for USAID. .

[7] Foreman M. , ed. 1999. . AIDS and Men, taking risks or taking responsibility? . , London : : Panos/Zed. .

[8] Gender‐aids@hivnet.ch690, 7 June 2000.

[9] Health‐l@hivnet.ch681, 12 October 2000.

[10] Kremer M. . 1998. . “‘AIDS: the economic rationale for public intervention’. ”. In Confronting AIDS: Evidence from the Developing World . , Edited by: Ainsworth M, Fransen L and Over M. . Con‐fronting AIDS: Public Priorities in a Global Epidemic, The European Commission. .

[11] http://europa.eu.int/comm/development/ aids/limelette/html/lim46.hrm

[12] IPAA. . UNAIDS Meeting Statement on the Africa Partnership Against HIV/AIDS; . April 23, 24– 1999 ; .

[13] UNAIDS, Joint Country Mission Report; . May ‐ 4 June 31– 1999 ; , Namibia .

[14] UNAIDS, Joint Country Mission Report; . October 12–16– 1999 ; , Ghana .

[15] UNAIDS, Joint Country Mission Report; . November 8–12– 1999 ; , Tanzania .

[16] UNAIDS, Statement of the second meeting of the co‐sponsors of UNAIDS on the International Partnership Against AIDS in Africa; . February 12–15– 2000 ; , Harare , Zimbabwe .

[17] UNAIDS, Meeting of the corporate, labour and foundation sector; . March 1– 2000 ; .

[18] UNAIDS, Report of donors on the International Partnership against AIDS in Africa; . March 2–3– 2000 ; , Geneva .

[19] May. 2000d . “A Framework for Action. ”. May. ,

[20] Progress Report on the International Partnership against AIDS in Africa; . May 23– 2000 ; .

[21] 2000f. . UNAIDS, Bulletin No. 26 . , 1 September;

[22] 2000g. . UNAIDS, Bulletin No 27 . , 11 September;

[23] 2000h. . UNAIDS, Bulletin 31 . , 12 October;

[24] 2000i. . UNAIDS, Bulletin No. 32 . , 1 November;

[25] 2000j. . UNAIDS, Bulletin No. 33 . , 7 November;

[26] OAU. . Lomé Declaration on HIV/AIDS in Africa, Declarations, Statements and Decisions adopted by the Thirty‐sixth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government and Fourth Ordinary Session of the AEC; . July 10–12– 2000 ; , Lomé , Togo . .

[27] Over M. . 1998. . ‘Coping with the impact of AIDS’. . Finance and Development . , March;: 22––24. .

[28] Holmes K, Sparling P F, March P‐A, Lemon S, Stamm W, Piot P and Wasserheit J. , eds. 1999. . “‘The public interest in a private disease: an economic perspective on the government role in STD and HIV control’. ”. In Sexually Transmitted Diseases . McGraw‐Hill :

[29] Rugalema G. . 1999. . ‘Adult Mortality as Entitlement Failure, AIDS and the crisis of rural livelihoods in a Tanzanian village’ . The Hague :

[30] Squire L. . 1998. . ‘Confronting AIDS’. . Finance and Development . , March;: 15––17. .

[31] Tawil O, O'Reilly K, Coulibaly IM, Tiemele A, Himmich H, Boushaba A, Pradeep K and Carael M. . 1999. . ‘HIV prevention among vulnerable populations: outreach in the developing world’. . AIDS . , Vol. 13:: S239––47. .

[32] Topouzis D. . 1998. . “‘The Implications of HIV/ AIDS for Rural Development Policy and Programming: Focus on Sub‐Saharan Africa'. ”.

[33] Topouzis D and Guerny J du. . 1999. . “‘Sustainable Agricultural/Rural Development and Vulnerability to the AIDS Epidemic'. ”.

[34] UNAIDS. . 1998. . “Gender and HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS Technical Update. ”.

[35] press release, Address by J Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank, to the UN Security Council; .

[36] press release, UNAIDS, South‐South Partnerships Essential to AIDS Response; . November 1– 2000 ; , Tokyo . .

[37] World Bank. . 1993. . “’World Development Report 1993’. ”. New York : : Oxford University Press. .

[38] 1999. . Intensifying Action against HIV/AIDS in Africa, responding to a development crisis . , Washington, DC : : The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Africa Region. .