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

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 becau...

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Main Author: Stillwaggon, Eileen
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2006
Subjects:
social protection
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
aids
economic aspects
nutrition
nutrition policies
food security
households
hunger
impact
agricultural sector
income
labour market
social aspects
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160546
Summary: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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