Linking HIV/AIDS, National Security and Conflict

This annotated bibliography explores the ethical implications of the U.S. Government's reframing of HIV/AIDS in Africa from a public health to a national security threat in the late 1990s. It emphasizes the advantages and disadvantages from a utilitarian viewpoint of likely increased national agenda and funding priority in the United States and the offsetting potential distrust of developing countries about the long history of U.S. exploitation and colonialism. The annotated selections are drawn primarily from U.S. Government documents and news reports during 1999–2000 when this transition was occurring.

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25. Health and Security

Contemporary Security Studies ◽

10.1093/hepl/9780198804109.003.0025 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 379-392

Author(s):

Stefan Elbe

Keyword(s):

National Security ◽

South African ◽

Influenza Pandemic ◽

Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽

Economic Security ◽

Health Security ◽

Aum Shinrikyo ◽

The Impact ◽

National Defence ◽

Hiv Aids

This chapter examines the impact of health on security. It first considers how health and human security are connected via diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. In particular, it looks at health security, economic security, and food security. It then describes some recently emerging infectious diseases, such as SARS, influenza pandemic, and Ebola, that are now also recognized as threats to national security. It also discusses diseases that are known to pose narrower threats to bio-security within the context of international efforts to combat terrorism, focusing on disease-causing biological agents such as anthrax, smallpox, and plague. The chapter concludes by contrasting two different ways in which the health-security nexus can be understood. Two case studies are presented, one relating to the impact of HIV/AIDS on the South African National Defence Force, and the other relating to the Aum Shinrikyo cult’s Sarin nerve gas attacks in Tokyo.

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The National Security Implications of HIV/AIDS

PLoS Medicine ◽

10.1371/journal.pmed.0030171 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

pp. e171 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Harley Feldbaum ◽

Kelley Lee ◽

Preeti Patel

Keyword(s):

National Security ◽

Hiv Aids

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Health issues and securitization: The construction of HIV/AIDS as a US national security threat

Securitization Theory ◽

10.4324/9780203868508-17 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 164-183

Keyword(s):

National Security ◽

Health Issues ◽

Security Threat ◽

Hiv Aids

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25. Health and Security

Contemporary Security Studies ◽

10.1093/hepl/9780198708315.003.0025 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Stefan Elbe

Keyword(s):

National Security ◽

South African ◽

Influenza Pandemic ◽

Emerging Infectious Diseases ◽

Economic Security ◽

Health Security ◽

Aum Shinrikyo ◽

The Impact ◽

National Defence ◽

Hiv Aids

This chapter examines the impact of health on security. It first considers how health and human security are connected via diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. In particular, it looks at health security, economic security, and food security. It then describes some recently emerging infectious diseases, such as SARS, influenza pandemic, and Ebola, that are now also recognized as threats to national security. It also discusses diseases that are known to pose narrower threats to bio-security within the context of international efforts to combat terrorism, focusing on disease-causing biological agents such as anthrax, smallpox, and plague. The chapter concludes by contrasting two different ways in which the health–security nexus can be understood. Two case studies are presented, one relating to the impact of HIV/AIDS on the South African National Defence Force, and the other relating to the Aum Shinrikyo cult’s Sarin nerve gas attacks in Tokyo.

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