scholarly journals The gender approach in community AIDS projects in Mozambique: agreement and disagreement between government and civil society

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 694-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilza Vieira Villela ◽  
Rosemary Barber-Madden
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Evaluative Study ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Standards ◽  
Community Projects ◽  
Hiv Aids

This article discusses some areas where government and civil society converge and clash in their gender approaches in community HIV/AIDS projects in Mozambique, based on an evaluative study conducted in 2006 encompassing 160 of the 1,124 NGO projects undertaken with the support of the country's national AIDS council, known as the Conselho Nacional de Combate ao SIDA (CNCS). An analysis of projects and official documents shows that, for the CNCS, the term "gender" represents a way of underscoring the epidemic's impact on women. In community projects, the gender approach often times finds expression in initiatives to mitigate the economic impact of the epidemic on widows. Initiatives aimed at men and at the population as a whole generally pay little attention to power relations between men and women or their affect on the epidemic. This suggests that any endeavor to transfer Western analytical techniques or forms of intervention for coping with the HIV/AIDS epidemic to other regions of the world demands painstaking efforts to translate these and adapt them to local cultural standards.

scholarly journals The social construction of HIV/AIDS

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Goldstein ◽  
H G Pretorius ◽  
A D Stuart
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Full Text ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Hiv Aids

An in-depth look is taken at the specific discourses surrounding the debilitating HIV/AIDS epidemic sweeping South Africa and the world. Opsomming Hierdie artikel poog om ‘n indiepte ondersoek te loods na die spesifieke diskoerse rondom die MIV/VIGS epidemie in Suid-Afrika en die wêreld. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.

scholarly journals Arab Women and Civil Society

1970 ◽  
pp. 10-11
Author(s):  
Heba El-Shazli
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Women Activists ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Arab Women ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Road ◽  
The World

How have women in the Arab world fared in the development and promotion of civil society in the region? The following contributions to this issue of Al-Raida will give us a glimpse into the world of women activists in Arab civil society and whether they have made any achievements. One will conclude that the road is still long and arduous, yet important steps have been taken by men and women activists working to promote the role of Arab women in civil society organizations.

Crisis management by HIV/AIDS non-governmental organisations in the post-Euromaidan Ukraine led to opening new horizons

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Duchenko ◽  
Tetiana Deshko ◽  
Marina Braga
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Health Diplomacy ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
Conflict Zone ◽  
Hiv Aids

Purpose Civil society played a significant role during and after the 2014 revolution in Ukraine, which led to the resignation of President Yanukovich and his government and triggered a series of political, economic and social changes. In some areas, particularly by HIV and tuberculosis, the critical gaps threatened the emergence of a public health catastrophe. The purpose of this paper is to describe how civil society expands and strengthens its role in complex crisis situations, self-regulating and re-adjusting own aims and strategy by using the case of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) active in HIV prevention in high-risk groups and harm reduction. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents the analysis of the case of Alliance of Public Health, one of the principal recipients of the Global Fund to Fight Tuberculosis, AIDS and Malaria in 2014-2016, during and after the Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine. Findings In the post-Euromaidan era, NGO sector has been able to sustain the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic at a stable level despite significant limitations of resources and the overall fragile situation. Special efforts have been undertaken to continue activities in the conflict zone in the east of the country. Furthermore, NGOs managed to extend beyond their usual responsibilities, bridging the gaps in deteriorating public health and social systems, including taking the leadership in medical procurement; advocating for national plans development; and supplying medical goods to the uncontrolled territories in the east of the country. Originality/value This paper is one of the first exploring the role of non-governmental sector in HIV/AIDS programmes in resource-scarce situation of political, social and economic crisis. Case description of the strategies and activities applied in the situation gives the possibility to reflect on raising the effectiveness of the response to existing and emerging public health issues in complex crisis, as well on the potential for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment advocacy to grow into global health diplomacy.

scholarly journals Citoyenneté et valeurs dans l’Eurafrique

2005 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles-Romain Mbele
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
World Trade ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The World ◽  
Société Civile

Tenter de cerner la question de la «citoyenneté et des valeurs » avec quelque complexité et profondeur dépasse le face-à-face entre l’Europe et l’Afrique. D’une part, dans une série de conférences à l’aube du 21e siècle, l’Unesco s’est demandé « Où vont les valeurs ? » D’autre part, « les liens préférentiels » entre l’Europe et l’Afrique sont désormais sous la juridiction de l’Organisation mondiale du Commerce. De ce point de vue, interroger le statut politique et civique des hommes et des femmes dans le cadre institutionnel et partenarial de l’Eurafrique, c’est en creux se demander quel sort est réservé, par l’économie-monde actuelle, au fait d’être citoyen. Étant donné le déséquilibre qui caractérise l’Eurafrique, ce n’est qu’avec l’engagement actif des citoyens qui votent et participent à une société civile critique qu’un nouveau partenariat favorable aux Africains pourrait s’actualiser. Attempting to plumb the complexity and depth of the issue of citizenship and values goes well beyond the interface between Europe and Africa. On one hand, in a series of communications at the beginning of the 21st century, UNESCO asked itself, “Where are the values?” On the other hand, the “preferential links” between Europe and Africa are henceforth under the jurisdiction of the World Trade Organization. From this point of view, questioning the political and civic status of men and women in the institutional framework and partnership of Eurafrica, means to ask oneself what destiny is reserved, by the current world economy, to the fact of being citizen. Given the disequilibrium that characterizes Eurafrica, it is only with the active engagement of citizens who vote and participate in a critical civil society that a new partnership favorable to Africans could be actualized.

Introduction to Part 6: The future

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Omaswa ◽  
Nigel Crisp
Keyword(s):  
Three Generations ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Hiv Aids

Chapter 21 turns to the future. It describes the different challenges that three generations of leaders have had to face in Africa—from colonial times, via the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and on to a time when Africa takes its place fully on the world stage. Lessons are being learned from each stage for the future.

scholarly journals Eastern Europe and Central Asia still home to world's fastest-growing HIV/AIDS epidemic

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (48) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Pritchard
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
World Health ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
Nations Programme ◽  
United Nations Programme ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Hiv Aids

The unfortunate distinction of having the world's fastest-growing HIV/AIDS epidemic still belongs to eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to the report, AIDS epidemic update 2002, released this week (1). In southern Africa, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has greatly decreased the capacity of farm communities to survive famine (2). The update on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic was issued by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization, in advance of World AIDS day on 1 December.

scholarly journals HIV/AIDS in Europe: concern and optimism in the face of continual threat

2002 ◽  
Vol 6 (49) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Dougan
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
European Region ◽  
European Centre ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
Epidemiological Monitoring ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Hiv Aids

The HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Europe mid-year report 2002 published by the European centre for the epidemiological monitoring of AIDS (EuroHIV, http://www.eurohiv.org) clearly illustrates that the HIV/AIDS epidemic affecting the World Health Organization European region consists of a multitude of diverse epidemics differing in time, place, person, and severity (1).

scholarly journals The urgent need for the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in the prevention of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-204
Author(s):  
Israel Oluwasegun Ayenigbara
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Aids Epidemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Exposure Prophylaxis ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Prevention Of Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an infection that came into existence decades back; it spread across the African countries in the late 1970s, and is currently endemic across the world. HIV is a major public health problem all over the world, as it has claimed more than 35million lives. There were around 36.9 million individuals living with HIV at the end of 2017, and Sub-Saharan Africa remains the most affected by HIV infection with 1 in 25 adults (4.1%) living with the virus, accounting for 70% of the people living with HIV worldwide. Unfortunately, Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the continent with the highest cases of infections and deaths from HIV/AIDS even after the implementation of various HIV/AIDS prevention methods. Fortunately, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) offers the world a novel way of curtailing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as PrEP is highly effective for preventing HIV if it is used as prescribed. This paper discusses the urgent need for the use of PrEP in the prevention of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a review paper in which the meaning of PrEP was discussed, people who need PrEP were identified, the rationale for the use of PrEP for the prevention of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa were highlighted, and probable obstacles to the successful implementation of PrEP for the prevention of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa were also identified. It was concluded that to achieve the 90-90-90 goals set by UNAIDS to help end the AIDS epidemic in the world, PrEP offers a new and novel way for HIV prevention, and its implementation across all African countries is urgently needed for the prevention of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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