Preventing and Mitigating AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Preventing and Mitigating AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Data and Research Priorities for Arresting AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Publisher: National Academies
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

The AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa continues to affect all facets of life throughout the subcontinent. Deaths related to AIDS have driven down the life expectancy rate of residents in Zambia, Kenya, and Uganda with far-reaching implications. This book details the current state of the AIDS epidemic in Africa and what is known about the behaviors that contribute to the transmission of the HIV infection. It lays out what research is needed and what is necessary to design more effective prevention programs.

Intimate Interventions in Global Health

Intimate Interventions in Global Health
Author: Rachel Sullivan Robinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2017-05-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1107090725

This book considers the response to the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa by examining family planning programs and HIV prevention efforts.

Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa

Preparing for the Future of HIV/AIDS in Africa
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2011-03-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309212073

HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of Medicine recommends that the United States and African nations move toward a strategy of shared responsibility such that these nations are empowered to take ownership of their HIV/AIDS problem and work to solve it.

HIV and Family Planning Integration in Tanzania

HIV and Family Planning Integration in Tanzania
Author: Janet Fleischman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2012
Genre: AIDS (Disease)
ISBN:

"The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is well positioned to serve as a foundation for other global health programs, building on its health infrastructure, training, and systems. To fulfill that potential in the vital area of women's health will require integrating HIV/AIDS services with family planning and reproductive health services. The results from U.S. health investments in Tanzania indicate that this is a feasible and cost-effective strategy to combat the AIDS epidemic and promote the health of women and girls, and through them their families and communities. The lessons being learned in Tanzania should inform the scale up of strategic integration under PEPFAR for these critical interventions. This report examines the situation in Tanzania, where the United States has supported the national government in making notable progress toward integrating HIV services with family planning and reproductive health, particularly through PMTCT programs. Integration in Tanzania has been driven by a number of factors, including political commitment from the national government, specified funding from the United States, and experience brought by some PEPFAR implementing partners in the area of family planning-HIV integration. Yet despite the improved policy environment, ongoing barriers remain in implementation, financing for integration, and integration of family planning as a core component of PEPFAR's treatment programs"--Publisher's description.

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Nana K. Poku
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2021-02-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9811585024

This book provides a clear and detailed examination of why it is so difficult to secure comprehensive political engagement and actionable, effective policy on sexual and reproductive health rights in sub-Saharan Africa. In an engaging analysis, Nana Poku employs expert knowledge to examine the prospects for large-scale improvements. He explores not only the full range of normative sensitivities, but also conceptual misunderstandings, legal difficulties and complex challenges of securing and maintaining adequate funding while AIDS remains a pandemic in the region. Up-to-date, succinct yet highly detailed, lucid and compelling in its diagnoses of highly complex issues, this book is a valuable, accessible study of a topic that is regional in focus but with clear global implications.