PANOS DOSSIER: The Hidden Cost of AIDS: The Challenge of HIV to Development

Martin Foreman and Fiona Belton

The Panos Institute / Panos Publication Ltd. - 1992.

Table Of Contents

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter ONE: The HIV Pandemic
The global picture -- a series of sub-epidemics -- non-sexual transmission -- sexual transmission -- the price of poverty -- migration and population movement -- the gender gab
Chapter TWO: The Demographic Impact
Population profiles -- modelling the epidemic -- an uncertain picture -- regional predictions -- the impact of interventions
Chapter THREE: Health Costs
The direct cost of HIV/AIDS -- an unequal picture -- treatment costs -- a dangerous liaison: HIV and TB -- the implications for hospital care -- an impossible burden?
Chapter FOUR: Social Costs: HIV/AIDS and the Community
The family -- coping mechanisms -- adapting social practices -- a community fights back -- women bear the brunt -- the price children pay -- orphans -- education -- the hardest hit
Chapter FIVE: The Challenge to Labour
Human resources -- impact on skilled labour -- loss of productivity -- responses -- recruitment, training, and employment benefits -- policy issues -- industry as educators
Chapter SIX: Rural Households and Food Security
A vital industry -- small farm vulnerability -- credit schemes: a lifeline under threat -- agricultural systems -- responses -- food for all -- policy adjustments
Chapter SEVEN: National Perspectives
The importance of skilled labour -- savings -- foreign aid -- foreign investment -- the cost of lost lives -- economic strategies
Chapter EIGHT: Containing the Epidemic
Interventions -- behaviour change -- conditions for change - target audiences -- counselling and care -- sexual health -- the cost of interventions -- political will
Chapter NINE: A Development Issue
The role of development -- multilaterals and bilaterals -- government response -- NGOs -- barriers to action -- an unprecedented challenge
Summary