SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

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By,

ESENE IGNATIUS NGENE


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SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA06/09/2010 01:36:30 2


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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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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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