HIV and COVID-19: convergence, divergence and lessons for future health emergencies
Afr J AIDS Res. 2023 Dec;22(4):253-256. doi: 10.2989/16085906.2023.2271452. Epub 2023 Dec 20.NO ABSTRACTPMID:38117743 | DOI:10.2989/16085906.2023.2271452 (Source: African Journal of AIDS Research)
Source: African Journal of AIDS Research - December 20, 2023 Category: African Health Authors: David Wilson Source Type: research
Corruption is making people sick
This article deals with the topic of corruption in the health sector in sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on how it affects persons living with HIV and their families. It begins with a definition of corruption and outlines the types of activities, people and institutions that fall within that definition in the context of HIV/AIDS. Examples are provided of what happens in practice and the types of persons (in terms of their societal roles) who yield to corruption, and how and why they commit it. The effects of corruption in health and in the fight against HIV/AIDS are then considered, drawing on published research on the cost...
Source: African Journal of AIDS Research - December 20, 2023 Category: African Health Authors: Arlette Campbell White Oliver Charles Campbell White Source Type: research
Beyond the discourses of policy and power: HIV, AIDS, and community perspectives on the lived pandemic
Afr J AIDS Res. 2023 Dec;22(4):261-268. doi: 10.2989/16085906.2023.2289392. Epub 2023 Dec 20.ABSTRACTAs HIV unfolded in the 1980s, HIV and AIDS were heard and seen through the lives of those whom it touched directly. Personal histories were foregrounded, centred by the inevitable mortality attached to HIV infection, the courage of circumstance in the face of illness, and the activism necessary to make a difference. In the later part of the decade, the impacts of HIV were most apparent in East Africa, where community responses and political leadership coalesced to reduce new HIV infections. The 1990s marked a turn towards c...
Source: African Journal of AIDS Research - December 20, 2023 Category: African Health Authors: Warren Parker Source Type: research
A document analysis of the < em > South African national guidelines for medical male circumcision < /em > and the implications for infant and child male circumcision decision-making
This study was situated within a qualitative paradigm and applied a social choice theory perspective to make sense of the MMC guidelines. The study concludes that future policy revisions should develop a broader understanding of the complex medical male circumcision decision-making process, particularly faced by parents.PMID:38117746 | DOI:10.2989/16085906.2023.2277889 (Source: African Journal of AIDS Research)
Source: African Journal of AIDS Research - December 20, 2023 Category: African Health Authors: Eurica L Palmer Steven Forsythe Source Type: research
The role of the social sciences and humanities in pandemic preparedness responses: insights gained from COVID-19, HIV and AIDS and related epidemics
Afr J AIDS Res. 2023 Dec;22(4):269-275. doi: 10.2989/16085906.2023.2262977. Epub 2023 Dec 20.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic, particularly from 2020 to mid-2022, debilitated the management of the HIV epidemic in Africa. The multiple effects included well-documented HIV service interruptions, curtailment of HIV prevention programmes, the associated marked increase in both the risk for HIV infection among key populations and vulnerability of sub-populations (e.g. adolescent girls and young women) who are the focus of these programmes and - as importantly but less well-documented - the diverse negative socio-economic effects th...
Source: African Journal of AIDS Research - December 20, 2023 Category: African Health Authors: Kaymarlin Govender Judith King Patrick Nyamaruze Tim Quinlan Source Type: research
