... The impact of globalization upon both associations within Sub- SaharanAfricaand beyond Globalization, which can be defined as a process in which regions are becoming increasingly interconnected ... associations in a SubSaharan African setting and the impact of globalization upon them Importance of both associations within SubSaharanAfrica Although much research is needed before we fully understand ... target and 1.3 million individuals were receiving ART In Sub- Saharan Africa, the number of people receiving HIV treatment increased more than eight-fold to 810,000 from 100,000 Despite these increases...
... design and coordination of the study, contributed to data entering and cleaning, participated to interpreted and helped in drafting and revising the manuscript NE contributed to data cleaning, ... Ntsama: data cleaning and processing; Dominique Roulin, Prof Jean-François Balavoine, Eric Linder and Renaud Gautier: main financial support by Sidaccueil Association, Geneva, Switzerland; Jens ... certain settings of public sectors inAfrica (Nachega, data presented at 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections 2009), the magnitude of this challenge in Sub- Saharan Africa...
... fertility in sub- SaharanAfrica AIDS 2004, 18(Suppl 2):S35-43 32 Oster E: Routes of Infection: Exports and HIV Incidence in Sub- SaharanAfrica Journal of the European Economic Association 2011 33 Quinn ... by increasing ART access would be highest in South Africa (901,705) and lowest in Zimbabwe (86,961) Figure shows the number of orphans incurred in Scenario and Scenario for each of the 10 subSaharan ... in a 0.37% decrease in population-attributable fertility for each percentage point of HIV prevalence within a country [31] In order to incorporate this reduction in TFR in HIVinfected women into...
... Uganda and Senegal The evidence [9-12] points to the following successful features: strong political leadership from the president and others in government; political stability, a coordinated and ... noted – integrated local level planning, and local HIV/AIDS coordination systems linking NGOs with local government to produce a more coherent response Insights from SSA Political Economy and mitigation ... There is no clear evidence of the benefit of democracyand decentralisation in delivering mitigation (including ARV use) All this points to the inadequacy of the SDS suggesting that a different...
... communication and counselling skills [14,22] Guidelines and standardized protocols are beneficial tools for initial training Simple guidelines and standardized protocols The use of protocols and standard ... of transport and irregular supply of drugs and vaccines In view of the decreasing HRH base and increasing workload due to HIV/AIDS in Malawi, the issue of insufficient supervision and support ... still being trained on the job by the existing HSAs and by local NGOs The 12-month-long training of HEWs in Ethiopia may well prove one important factor of success Simple guidelines and standardized...
... low financial allocations from governments to support clinician training and purchase of diagnostic equipment and treatments greatly hinders initiating and maintaining quality treatment Building ... Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Sub- Saharan Africa: Reducing the Treatment Gap, Improving Quality of Care: Workshop Summary http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12828.html MNS IN SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA, ... Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Sub- Saharan Africa: Reducing the Treatment Gap, Improving Quality of Care: Workshop Summary http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12828.html MNS IN SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA, ...
... functioning health infrastructure and a critical shortage of health care providers [11] While these are certainly realities working in sub- Saharan Africa, it is clear that further training in nursing, ... “participation”, sub- SaharanAfricaAnd the grouped terms“ PMTCT and partners”; “VCT and acceptability in PMTCT”; “barriers and/ or factors”;“ Male involvement in PMTCT”; “Male involvement in reproductive ... different definitions of male involvement in PMTCT are used in different studies resulting in difficulties when comparing data between these studies Determining a consensus definition of male involvement...
... uninterrupted increases in life expectancy, in Sub- SaharanAfrica life expectancy peaked in the early 1990s at 50 years, and has since fallen back by almost years Declines in infant mortality rates in Sub- Saharan ... Chamberlain, D McCoy, A Ntuli, M Rowson, and R Loewenson 2003 “Health Personnel in Southern Africa: Confronting Maldistribution and Brain Drain.” Discussion paper 3, Equinet Africa, Training and Research ... century in Sub- SaharanAfrica is the unprecedented decline in mortality and the corresponding increase in the expectation of life at birth At the dawn of the twentieth century, Sub- Saharan Africa...
... evidencefrom non-randomised studies This review attempts to rectify this by systematically reviewing randomised and non-randomised studies of CHWs’ impact on child mortality in sub- SaharanAfrica ... programmes in Ghana [28,29] and one evaluated CHWs in Benin [30] All studies were located in rural settings with high mortality and morbidity from diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria Study designs and ... preventive interventions for application in CHW programmes Generalisation of this review’s findings across Africa is problematic, since all seven studies occurred in West Africaand four were from...
... in routine clinic database Research cohort database (n = 559) Type of OI Routine clinic database (n = 559) Routine clinic database (n = 1233) % underreporting of OI % events in 559 patients in ... patients in the routine clinic database who also initiated ART between April 2004 and April 2005, and who were not enrolled into the research cohort; and the 6421 patients in the routine clinic database ... observational databases in different clinical settings The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) in Kampala, Uganda, is a centre of excellence for HIV clinical care in the country, and maintains a large...
... role in the adoption and implementation of MC by changing male norms andin promoting infant MC [97,98,139] By lowering infection in men and thence women, MC will reduce overall infection rate and ... transmission in sub- SaharanAfrica We then assess the strength of current evidence for MC in protecting against HIV infection, before analyzing current MC implementation programmes in the region Finally, ... reasons for reiterating this call First, while the incidence of HIV is now declining in many countries in sub- Saharan Africa, nearly 70% of new HIV infections globally remain in this region [22]...
... Understanding the Link between Development Planning and HIV/AIDS in sub- SaharanAfrica The Concept Paper includes a typology of development planning and key development planning frameworks in sub- Saharan ... by HIV/AIDS DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND HIV/AIDS IN SUB- SAHARANAFRICA Development planning in sub- Saharan Africa: A brief overview 2.1 Introduction Sub- SaharanAfrica is characteristically represented ... planning and associated planning frameworks in sub- SaharanAfrica The main types of development planning identified are economic development planning, sectoral planning, multisectoral planning and...
... space from opening too far.xviii In the second half of the 1990s, economic growth in 15 Graph 2.2 Trends in GDP growth (%), 1990s Sub- SaharanAfricain 1980 % Sub- SaharanAfrica excluding South Africa ... planning frameworks in sub- SaharanAfrica By way of introduction, it will first seek to (re)define and revalidate the concept of development planning DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND HIV/AIDS IN SUB- SAHARAN ... systems and political and institutional factors Yet, the history of planning in sub- SaharanAfricaand other developing countries shows a legacy of ‘blueprints’, standardised models and the adoption...
... exploring are the following: • Has provision been made in the MTEF for the DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND HIV/AIDS IN SUB- SAHARANAFRICA • • • • • • • • provision of ARVs and PMTCT to curb adult and infant ... ‘mainstreamed’ into development planning, as noted in Chapter With the inclusion of both Uganda and Ethiopia, other countries in Eastern Africa (i.e Eritrea and Rwanda, with Kenya already having ... the remaining five possibilities (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Togo) Mali’s HIV prevalence rate was 1.7%, compared to 3.6% in both Benin and Chad, 6.0% in Togo and 6.5% in Burkina Faso...
... officers was 15% in 1996 (UNAIDS, 2002) This is a significant increase from 3.3% in 1990 Whereas the Government initiated a national DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND HIV/AIDS IN SUB- SAHARANAFRICA programme ... (Roubaud and Berthelier, 1993:10) Finally, inequality indicators show that, despite the reported reduction in poverty between 1996 and 2001, income inequalities have in fact increased For example, in ... economy by diversifying production, exploiting new arable lands 63 and developing crafts; and, 3) developing industries, road infrastructures, settlements, urbanisation and administrative systems...
... living below the poverty line.lxviii According to the PRSP, the proportion of households living in poverty has decreased to 53.9% in 2001 It DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND HIV/AIDS IN SUB- SAHARANAFRICA ... This culminates in the Strategic Framework for the Fight Against AIDS in 2000 Since then, development planning seems to have gained prominence again, as it had in the 15 years preceding the economic ... PLANNING AND HIV/AIDS IN SUB- SAHARANAFRICA help reduce, rather than enhance, vulnerability to HIV infection in Senegal Apart from high levels of HIV/AIDS awareness and condom use, circumcision and...
... growing levels of income inequality Datafrom Uganda certainly confirms this, putting the Gini coefficient at 0.44 in 1994.lxxxiii A steady increase in income inequality has also been observed in ... planners and other interested parties on the core determinants and key consequences of HIV infection in Uganda 8.3 The core determinants and key consequences of HIV infection in Uganda Interviews ... PLANNING AND HIV/AIDS IN SUB- SAHARANAFRICA inclusion of a broader developmental perspective on HIV/AIDS, both in terms of recognising core determinants of vulnerability to HIV infection and with...
... main development planning framework in Uganda and is supposed to guide budget planning, sector planning and district planning As mentioned in Chapter 3, the link between the PEAP and the MTEF in ... development and the concomitant need for investment in urban services and infrastructure DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND HIV/AIDS IN SUB- SAHARANAFRICA Thus, it appears that the MTEF is concerned with addressing ... poverty and inequality The PEAP does not make reference to the need to overcome income inequalities in Uganda, even though income inequality is substantial and appears to have been increasing, as...
... a decline in living, health and moral standards” To address these determinants of vulnerability to HIV infection, the framework calls for mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS in economic planning and development ... is DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND HIV/AIDS IN SUB- SAHARANAFRICA currently in extremely short supply During the interviews, the Minister of Health and Child Welfare noted that the Ministry would like ... domain of officials in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development During the past two decades, this Ministry has played the lead role in guiding the national planning process and stipulating...