Scientific Publication

The Ecology of Poverty: Nutrition, Parasites, and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

author(s) Stillwaggon, Eileen
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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regions
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Eastern Africa
citation

Stillwaggon, Eileen, 'The Ecology of Poverty: Nutrition, Parasites, and Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS', AIDS, Poverty, and Hunger: Challenges and Responses, p. 167, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006

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Abstract

HIV/AIDS continues to spread throughout the developing world, in transition countries, and among poor and marginalized populations in industrialized countries. In its third decade, and even with increased resources, global AIDS policy is still failing to stem the epidemic. HIV prevention fails because it ignores the fundamental causes of the epidemic, it is unscientific, and it attempts to intervene at the last minute with programs limited to behavior change.

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