HIV/AIDS in Africa: Fertile Terrain

Stillwaggon, Eileen

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“…This research extends the work of several authors who have used cross-national data to analyze factors thought to drive the epidemic (Over, 1998;Stillwaggon, 2000Stillwaggon, , 2002Bonnel, 2000;Tsafack, 2006;Tsafack and Bassolé, 2006;Deuchert and Brody, 2007). Each of those studies addressed a different issue: risky sexual behaviors, gender discrimination, inequality, economic growth, iatrogenesis, and (by one of the authors of the current work) nutrition as a disease cofactor.…”

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Cofactor infections and HIV epidemics in developing countries: implications for treatment

2008

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This article shows that the burden of certain tropical disease infections, after controlling for other factors, is positively correlated with HIV prevalence. Using cross-national data and multivariate linear regression analysis, we investigate the determinants of HIV prevalence in low-and middle-income countries. We begin with social and economic variables used in other crossnational studies and then incorporate data on parasitic and infectious diseases endemic in poor populations, which are found to be strongly and significantly correlated with-and are potent predictors of-HIV prevalence. The paper concludes by arguing that treating tropical diseases may be a cost-effective addon to HIV prevention and treatment programs, thus slowing the spread of HIV in disease-burdened populations. AbstractThis article shows that the burden of certain tropical disease infections, after controlling for other factors, is positively correlated with HIV prevalence. Using cross-national data and multivariate linear regression analysis, we investigate the determinants of HIV prevalence in low-and middle-income countries. We begin with social and economic variables used in other cross-national studies and then incorporate data on parasitic and infectious diseases endemic in poor populations, which are found to be strongly and significantly correlated with-and are potent predictors of-HIV prevalence. The paper concludes by arguing that treating tropical diseases may be a cost-effective add-on to HIV prevention and treatment programs, thus slowing the spread of HIV in disease-burdened populations.

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Cofactor infections and HIV epidemics in developing countries: implications for treatment

2008

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“…As can be seen in Table 1, HIV prevalence is highest among South Africa's majority African population, which also has the highest rate of unemployment and the lowest per capita income of all the racial groups. This connection between low income and HIV prevalence has been found elsewhere in Africa (Stillwaggon, 2002).…”

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Trading off Income and Health?: AIDS and the Disability Grant in South Africa

Nattrass¹

2005

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“…Another potential pathway from poverty to HIV is via overall poorer nutrition and health status. It has been hypothesized that these factors compromise immune defenses or increase receptivity (via weakness in epithelial cells) to HIV infection (See Stillwagon 2002). …”

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Reproductive Health and Behavior, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty in Africa

Glick

2007

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This paper examines the complex linkages of poverty, reproductive/sexual health and behavior, and HIV/AIDS in Africa. It addresses the following questions:(1) what have we learned to date about these links and what are the gaps in knowledge to be addressed by further research; (2) what is known about the effectiveness for HIV prevention of reproductive health and HIV/AIDS interventions and policies in Africa; and (3) what are the appropriate methodological approaches to research on these questions. With regard to what has been learned so far, the paper pays considerable attention in particular to the evidence regarding the impacts of a range of HIV interventions on risk behaviors and HIV incidence. Other sections review the extensive microeconomic literature on the impacts of AIDS on households and children in Africa and the effects of the epidemic on sexual risk behavior and fertility decisions. With regard to methodology, the paper assesses the approaches used in the literature to deal with, among other things, the problem of self-selection and nonrandomness in the placement of HIV and reproductive health programs. Data requirements for different research questions are discussed, and an effort is made to assess what researchers can learn from existing sources such as Demographic and Health Surveys.3

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HIV/AIDS in Africa: Fertile Terrain

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Cofactor infections and HIV epidemics in developing countries: implications for treatment

Cofactor infections and HIV epidemics in developing countries: implications for treatment

Trading off Income and Health?: AIDS and the Disability Grant in South Africa

Reproductive Health and Behavior, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty in Africa

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