The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Selected Business Sectors in South Africa

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-52
Author(s):  
L L Ellis
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Business Sectors ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals The Impact of HIV/AIDS Regarding Informal Social Security: Issues and Perspectives from a South African Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 407
Author(s):  
Clarence Itumeleng Tshoose
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Security ◽  
South African ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Social Reciprocity ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Hiv Aids

The purpose of the article is to examine the right to social assistance for households living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. In particular, the article focuses on the impact of this pandemic on households' access to social assistance benefits in the wake of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which has wrought untold sorrow and suffering to the overwhelming majority of households in South Africa. The article analyses the consequences of HIV/AIDS in relation to households' support systems, care and dependency burdens, and the extent to which the household members either acknowledge the illness (enabling them to better engage with treatment options) or alternatively, deny its existence. The article commences by reviewing the literature concerning the effects and social impact of HIV/AIDS on the livelihoods of households and their families. The social reciprocity that underpins households' livelihoods is briefly recapitulated. The article concludes that, while recent policy developments are to be welcomed, the current South African legal system of social security does not provide adequate cover for both people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. More remains to be done in order to provide a more comprehensive social security system for the excluded and marginalised people who are living with HIV/AIDS and their families.

scholarly journals The Impact of Community Support Initiatives on the Stigma Experienced by People Living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Masquillier ◽  
Edwin Wouters ◽  
Dimitri Mortelmans ◽  
Frederik le Roux Booysen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Community Support ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Southern Africa's response(s) to international HIV/AIDS norms: the politics of assimilation

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCO ANTONIO VIEIRA
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Advocacy Networks ◽  
International Norm ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
International Phenomenon ◽  
Hiv Aids

AbstractThis article is interested in the impact of a singular international phenomenon, namely the global securitisation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, on the domestic structure of three Southern African states: Botswana, Mozambique and South Africa. These countries are geographically located in the epicenter of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, Southern Africa. However, notwithstanding their common HIV/AIDS burden, Botswana, Mozambique and South Africa present quite different political cultures and institutions which reflected upon the distinctive way they responded to the influence of international HIV/AIDS actors and norms. So, by investigating the latter's impact in these rather diverse settings, the present analysis aims to empirically demonstrate and compare variations in the effects of norm adaptation across states. To carry out this evaluation, the study provides a framework for understanding the securitisation of HIV/AIDS as an international norm defined and promoted mainly by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the US government and transnational HIV/AIDS advocacy networks. The HIV/AIDS securitisation norm (HASN) is an intellectual attempt of the present work to synthesise in a single analytical concept myriad of ideas and international prescriptions about HIV/AIDS interventions.

scholarly journals Strengthening STI treatment and HIV/AIDS prevention services in Carletonville, South Africa

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lewis Ndhlovu ◽  
Catherine Searle ◽  
Johannes van Dam
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Risky Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sex Workers ◽  
Sti Prevention ◽  
High Risk Sexual Behavior ◽  
Behavior Understanding ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Hiv Aids

Although knowledge about HIV/AIDS is widespread in South Africa, adult HIV prevalence is high, indicating high levels of risky sexual behavior. Understanding the gap between knowledge and behavior requires an examination of the social context in which the epidemic occurs. The Horizons Program conducted an intervention study in the Carletonville area to study the social determinants of the HIV epidemic and to assess the impact of a targeted program of HIV and STI prevention and service delivery. In 1998, the Mothusimpilo (“Working together for health”) Intervention Project (MIP) was launched to reduce community prevalence of HIV and other STIs and to sustain those reductions through enhanced prevention and STI treatment services. Carletonville includes many migrant mine workers and is characterized by significant poverty and unemployment, the presence of sex work, and high rates of STIs. MIP targets population groups where high-risk sexual behavior is thought to be common. This brief focuses on sex workers because of their vulnerability to STIs and HIV infection and their link to miners and men in the broader community.

The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Small and Medium Enterprises in South Africa

2002 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
pp. 575-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.K. Fraser ◽  
W.J. Grant ◽  
P. Mwanza ◽  
v. Naidoo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Hiv Aids
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