Title: Projecting the epidemic: policy makers and planners needs.

POPLINE Document Number: 127794

Author(s):

Whiteside A

Source citation:

In: The socio-demographic impact of AIDS in Africa. Based on the conference organized by the Committee on AIDS of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 3-6 February 1997. Papers. Liege, Belgium, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP], 1997. :16 p.

Abstract:

In general, policymakers and planners in developing countries have not responded to the AIDS epidemic and or its consequences, partly due to denial and partly out of ignorance of the magnitude of the problem and what can be done about it. This inaction is both frustrating and inexplicable. The author considers the implications of the epidemic and how demographers should respond. The implications of the HIV/AIDS epidemic are first described, followed by what planning attempts to do, efforts to put HIV/AIDS into policy making and planning, why issues are not considered, what can be done, and how such action can be taken. The HIV/AIDS epidemic will have demographic, economic, and development effects upon the country. Experiences including AIDS in planning are described for Swaziland and KwaZulu-Natal.

Keywords:

South Africa
HIV Infections
AIDS
Epidemics
Policymakers
Planning
Excess Mortality
Economic Factors
Economic Development
Needs
Africa, Southern
Africa, Sub Saharan
Africa
Developing Countries
Viral Diseases
Diseases
Administrative Personnel
Organization and Administration
Mortality
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population