socioeconomic impact of hiv/aids in sub-saharan africa
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By,
ESENE IGNATIUS NGENE
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GOAL
To assess the socioeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
OBJECTIVES
We assessed the :
Social impact of HIV/AIDS in Families ,Communities
Social impact of HIV/AIDS on children
Social impact of HIV/AIDS on Girls and Women
Micro-economic Impact on Households and Communities
Meso-economic impact of HIV/AIDS
Macroeconomic impacts and implications
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DATA SOURCES :
o Medline via Pubmed,
o Google Search Engine and
o Electronic Resource Catalogs in the ULB library .
We searched for the key words:social impact, economic impact, with
HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa in different combinations for articles in
English from 1985 to 2008.
READ, CLASSIFIED and SUMMARIZED the ARTICLES
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BURDEN OF HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
10%
90%
GLOBAL POPULATION
SSA Rest of the World
06/09/2010
70%
30%
HIV/AIDS POPULATION
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Impact at 3 Levels:Individuals,Households,Communities
Three mechanisms:
Disposal of self-insuring assets
Disposal of productive assets
Destitution
Consequences are psycho-social and economic viz.:
o Increased Psycho-social cost
o Perturbed household composition and health
o Changes in investment and consumption
o Reduction in production and earnings- labour supply & costs
Vulnerable groups: Children &Orphans , Girls & women and Old persons.
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SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Classified at 3 levels: Micro-,Meso-, & Macro-economic impact.
Microeconomic impact:
Agriculture and Live stock
Health: burden and loss of staff
Education: supply of experienced teachers ; children evicted from school
Others:Transport,Mining
Mesoeconomic impact:
Expenditure:Healthcare costs, burial fees, training and recruitment
Revenue:Absenteeism due to illness , Time off to attend funeral , etc.
Macroeconomic Impact:Life expectancy: life expectancy as the HIV prevalence
Development: Underdevelopment++
Gross Domestic product:0.2% to 20% in HIV affected to non-HIV affected countries
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Individual level/Households : effect of impact uncontroversial & significantly negative
Gender: Few studies . vulnerability of ; inequalities widens and intensifies
Children :extensive literature negative effect of HIV
Microeconomy :publications+++ 2 major effects labor supply and costs
Agriculture:Effects adverse , loss of labor supply & remittance income.
Worsen the existing food crisis in many countries.
Education: significant negative impact of parental death on child schooling
Health:Significantly negative effect
Private firms and enterprises:varied severity, impact >smaller firms & some sectors.
Macroecononomy :Many models with mixed results.GDP.
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Since its onset HIV has been threatening the social fabric of societies in the most affected
countries and eroding the social and economic safety net.
Households are the first units affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Agriculture: impact considerable. Food insecurity ++
Health sector is heavily impacted ;burden personnel
Education sector, the pool of qualified teachers is also shrinking ,children evicted
Business & firms :sizeable impact on the labour force, costs and productivity
Overall the impact on the economy and development is likely to intensify in the near future
Only prevention, treatment and increased support will allow the countries affected and the
international community to reverse or at least reduce the dire predictions of the implications
of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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MERCI POURVOTRE AIMABLE ATTENTION