AIDS in Southern Africa

Evolution of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa

This paper presents a system dynamics model to study the spread of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. The HIV/AIDS model includes important feedback mechanisms of the spread of HIV/AIDS, and partly explains the dynamics of the epidemic in a representative Southern African country. The HIV/AIDS model indicates that prevention to reduce risk behavior is crucial in all stages of the epidemic, but is mos...

Mines, Migration and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa

Abstracts AIDS : The ‘ Grandmothers ’ Disease ’ in Southern Africa Valerie Møller

AIDS: The ‘Grandmothers’ Disease’ in Southern Africa Valerie Møller In Africa, AIDS is called the grandmothers’ disease because the burden of caring for the sick and the survivors falls on older women. The two abstracts which follow report an overview of research on the social and economic effects of the HIV}AIDS epidemic in Southern Africa and a case study of an intervention among older women ...

AIDS, drought, and child malnutrition in southern Africa.

OBJECTIVE To investigate trends in child malnutrition in six countries in southern Africa, in relation to the HIV epidemic and drought in crop years 2001/2 and 2002/3. DESIGN Epidemiological analysis of sub-national and national surveys with related data. SETTING Data from Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe, compiled and analysed under UNICEF auspices. SUBJECTS Se...

HIV and AIDS in East and Southern Africa regional overview