Download or read book Civil Society and the State in Uganda s AIDS Response written by Eduard Grebe and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This paper investigates state-civil society relations in the Ugandan AIDS response through a critical exploration of the history of Uganda's 'multi-sectoral' and 'partnership' approaches, particularly as it pertains to The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO). It finds that the Ugandan government' s reputation for successful prevention campaigns is not necessarily deserved, and that the effectiveness of civil society is limited by an authoritarian political culture. Despite these limitations, however, state-civil society partnership did contribute to the emergence of a relatively effective coalition for action against HIV/AIDS. Donors were essential in encouraging the emergence of this coalition, but have also inadvertently undermined the emergence of strong and independent civil society voices able to hold the Ugandan state accountable." -- Abstract.
Download or read book The Politics of AIDS written by Håkan Thörn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HIV/AIDS is the major political challenge of our time. Based on empirical observations from all over the world, this book examines how HIV/AIDS has become increasingly transnational, as nation states have extended their programmes across borders, and transnational networks have increased their activities.
Download or read book The African State and the AIDS Crisis written by Amy S. Patterson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume analyzes African state responses to the AIDS epidemic. Institutionally weak, limited in resources and lacking power in the international system, the African state has been characterized as inefficient, corrupt and illegitimate. The volume questions how aspects of the African state have affected policy responses to AIDS. It highlights how African states must initiate, develop and/or implement the long-term policy solutions necessary to combat AIDS. It employs empirical studies from the international and national arena to illustrate why some African states have been able (and willing) to address AIDS while others have not. Contributions analyze how international actors, civil society organizations, state ideology, patriarchy and state capacity have influenced policies to fight AIDS. Examining AIDS policies through the prism of African state development and linkages to domestic and international actors, this book provides a nuanced understanding of the variety of responses to AIDS in Africa.
Download or read book The Politics of HIV AIDS and Implications for Democracy in Kenya written by Henry Kiragu Wambuii and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the responses against HIV/AIDS as a political arena for the interaction between the state and civil society in Kenya, this book explores the relationship between the resulting mobilization against HIV/AIDS and the ongoing process of democratic consolidation in Kenya. Evidence from the country's mobilization against HIV/AIDS in the early part of the 21st century reveals an explicit positive impact on the build-up of democracy in that country.
Download or read book Civil Society Organizations and the Global Response to HIV AIDS written by Julia Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why has the response to HIV/AIDS been unique? How did civil society organizations gain access to global decision-making forums to demand exceptional attention and resources for HIV/AIDS? This book seeks to answer these questions, among others, through a critical international relations approach that enquires into the role of civil society in global health governance. It documents how civil society forged the initial response to HIV/AIDS within a rights-based paradigm, and built international networks. It analyses why civil society was able to gain the right to participate in global health institutions and assesses what influence civil society representatives have within these institutions, particularly focusing on outcomes related to institutional legitimacy and downward accountability. It then discusses changes in the broader political economy of global health and how HIV/AIDS organizations have, or have not, adapted to these shifts. Finally the book tells the story of the many struggles civil society organizations have engaged in to advance a rights-based response to HIV/AIDS, the transformations achieved and the resistance experienced.
Download or read book Civil Society Contribution to HIV and AIDS Response in Uganda 2009 written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Joint Evaluation of Support to the National Response to HIV written by Indevelop (firma) and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evaluation assesses the support from Irish Aid, USAID and Danida to the response to HIV/AIDS during the period 2007 - 2012 against the background of the general progress in Uganda's response to the epidemic and presents data on results. The evaluation analyses recent practices of government, donors and civil society with a view to determining what has been successful and what has not - and why - so that future interventions can become more effective. For a number of years, especially in the early phases of the epidemic, Uganda attracted attention from the rest of the world because of its success in reducing HIV/AIDS prevalence. Since 2006, however, prevalence and incidence have stopped declining despite increased funding. Ultimately, as stated by Uganda AIDS Commission, the aim of the AIDS response is to rid Uganda of the disease. Ireland, USA and Denmark, as well as a number of other donors have for years been prominent members of the Uganda AIDS Partnership and supported government as well as civil society efforts to curb the epidemic. Given the importance of donor support to Uganda in this field and the history of the epidemic, including the initial success and the setback of later years, the evaluation has analysed the possible reasons for the positive and negative trends in the development of the disease control efforts. The evaluation is a learning evaluation and can contribute to future learning within the sector.
Download or read book Getting in Line written by Geoff Foster and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Governance of HIV AIDS written by Sophie Harman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-07-06 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly thirty years since HIV/AIDS was first identified, confusion over effective mechanisms of controlling and eradicating the illness remain prevalent. This book highlights the need for comprehensive approaches to governance, as responses to HIV/AIDS become increasingly focused upon the health aspect of the epidemic, and financial commitments become subject to aid fatigue. This book examines the roles and influence of multiple actors and initiatives that have come to constitute the global response to the epidemic. It considers how these actors and structures of governance enhance, or limit, participation and accountability; and the impact this is having upon effective HIV/AIDS responses across the world. The book addresses participation and accountability as key elements of governance in four thematic areas: the role of the state and democratic governance; non-state actors and mechanisms of political governance; public-private partnerships and economic governance; and multilateral institutions and global governance. Drawing on the insights of public health specialists; political scientists; economists; lawyers; those working with community groups, and within international organisations, it offers valuable perspectives on the governance of HIV/AIDS. Aimed at both academics and practitioners throughout the world, this book contributes to the academic debate surrounding global governance, health and development economics, and the work of multiple international organisations and civil society organisations.
Download or read book The Three Ones in Action written by Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2005 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Three Ones" principles were adopted in 2004 as a basis for optimizing the use of resources and improving country-level responses to AIDS
Download or read book The Political Economy of AIDS in Africa written by Nana K. Poku and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sub-Saharan Africa is a region devastated by HIV/AIDS. The extent of the epidemic is only now becoming clear, as increasing numbers of people with HIV are becoming ill. In the absence of massively expanded prevention, treatment and care efforts, the AIDS death toll on the continent is set to escalate rapidly. Despite progress being achieved in localized settings, the alarming statistics reflect the continuing failure of advanced countries to mount a response that matches the scale and severity of the African HIV/AIDS crisis. Over and above the colossal personal suffering, the dire social and economic consequences for fragile nation-states are already being felt, not only in health but in education, industry, agriculture, transport, human resources and economies in general. Countries already crippled by drought, poverty, debt, forced migration and civil war must now contend with massive deterioration in child survival rates and life expectancy, the erosion of the economic family base, massive and insupportable demands on health and public services, chronic labour shortages and volatile national security. Through a critical and detailed exploration of specific case studies, this invaluable volume brings together an unparalleled array of international contributors to redefine the political and economic contours of this calamitous epidemic. It examines the impact of the shortfalls in the 'Global Fund' allocation, the slow pace of administrative processing of aid and the weaknesses of institutional responses to the crisis from African countries and their partners in the global health community. It is essential reading for all concerned with public health, epidemiology, HIV/AIDS research, globalization, development, Africa and indeed our shared future. Features include: ” Unique assessments of HIV/AIDS and its impact on democracy and governance in African states ” Wide-ranging regional and country studies by the foremost thinkers in their fields ” Multi-disciplinary contributions from areas including: Politics, Sociology, Public Health and Development Studies ” Compelling and convincing evidence, thematic in approach ” Innovative and culturally specific insights for long-term planning, care and support
Download or read book The World Bank and HIV AIDS written by Sophie Harman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The governance of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has come to represent a multi-faceted and complex operation in which the World Bank has set and sustained the global agenda for by the World Bank. The governance of HIV/ AIDS. Through economic incentive they have restructured the is a political foundations of countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the pursuit of change in state, project that seeks to embed liberal practice through individual, state, and societal community behaviour. At the heart of this practice is the drive to impose blueprint neoliberal market-based solutions on a personal-global issue. This book unravels how the Bank’s good governance agenda and commitment to participation, ownership and transparency manifests itself in practice, through the Multi-Country AIDS Program (MAP), and crucially how it is pushing an agenda that sees a shift in both global health interventions and state configuration in sub-Saharan Africa. The book considers the mechanisms used by the Bank – and the problems therein – to engage the state, civil society and the individual in responding to the HIV/AIDS crisis, and how these mechanisms have been exported to other global projects such as the Global Fund and UNAIDS. Harman argues in conclusion that not only has the Bank set the global agenda for HIV/AIDS, but underpinning this is a wider commitment to liberal governance reform through neoliberal incentive. Making an important contribution to our understanding of global governance and international politics, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, international political economy, international relations, development studies and civil society.
Download or read book AIDS and Governance written by Alan Whiteside and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political impact of HIV/AIDS varies greatly and is difficult to map. States depend on how governments choose to manage the political implications of HIV and AIDS, both those stemming from the erosions of its own capacity as well as those that originate from their changing relationship on a national and international level. Across the developing world, HIV/AIDS is slowly killing adults in their most productive years, hollowing out state structures, deepening poverty and raising profound questions that touch on the organization of all aspects of social, economic and political life. With the epidemic showing scant signs of slowing down, this innovative volume assesses how HIV/AIDS affects governance and, conversely, how governance affects the course of the epidemic. In particular, the volume:
Download or read book Preparing for the Future of HIV AIDS in Africa written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe globally but nowhere more so than in sub-Saharan Africa, which in 2008 accounted for 67 percent of cases worldwide and 91 percent of new infections. The Institute of Medicine recommends that the United States and African nations move toward a strategy of shared responsibility such that these nations are empowered to take ownership of their HIV/AIDS problem and work to solve it.
Download or read book AIDS at 30 written by Ban Ki-moon and published by UN. This book was released on 2011 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume describes the worldwide state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and possible ways forward. Marking the 30 years of AIDS, the report takes stock of the changes occurred in the AIDS epidemic and responses since the condition was first diagnosed in 1981. It also features commentaries from 15 leaders in the global AIDS response, including South Africa's President Jacob Zuma, former United States President Bill Clinton, former President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, singer Angelique Kidjo and former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. It covers a wide range of areas, including the results achieved by HIV prevention efforts, the record number of people starting lifesaving treatment and the decline in resources for HIV. It also draws attention to the significant challenges remaining such as the gender inequalities and the increasing HIV prevalence among key populations at higher risk of infection.
Download or read book Accelerating Action Against AIDS in Africa written by Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. and published by UNAIDS Office. This book was released on 2003 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report considers successful initiatives in relation to prevention and control activities being undertaken across the African continent in response to the challenges of HIV/AIDS. It discusses policies to close gaps in prevention and treatment, and highlights the importance of co-ordinated government responses, working in partnership with communities and business. It also looks at the role of Africa's women and young people in fighting the AIDS epidemic.
Download or read book The United States War on AIDS written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
