[ HIV/AIDS in Africa]

In: Review of African political economy, Band 27, Heft 86, S. 484-602

Abstract

The spectre of AIDS is haunting Africa. If present trends continue, its impact on development and society will be devastating. This issue of ROAPE looks at some of the graphic realities of the situation as faced by those who must cope. It also explores the struggles and debates around who might take responsibility - for delivering programmes of prevention and care, for making affordable drugs available to those in need and for dealing with the consequences of loss wreaked by the epidemic. If families bear the heaviest burden, what role do states, NGOs and international agencies have in managing the crisis and in averting the worst scenarios? These questions have to be considered in context. (...) There are many facets to the question of HIV/AIDS in Africa. The articles in this volume touch only some of them, but individually and collectively they point to the importance of situating the analysis of the epidemic and its effects into a framework of political economy. (ROAPE/DÜI)