AIDS and Watersheds: Understanding and Assessing Biostructural Interventions

Over the past 15 years, evidence has accumulated of how HIV/AIDS impacts rural people who depend for their food and livelihood on agriculture and the management of natural resources. Evidence is also available, though less extensive, of how changes in the rural environment influence the dynamics of...

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Main Author: Loevinsohn, Michael
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2006
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160550
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description Over the past 15 years, evidence has accumulated of how HIV/AIDS impacts rural people who depend for their food and livelihood on agriculture and the management of natural resources. Evidence is also available, though less extensive, of how changes in the rural environment influence the dynamics of HIV/AIDS. It is striking, however, how little this understanding has yet to contribute to the methods used in the struggle with HIV/AIDS. The “expanded response” that UNAIDS is spearheading to meet the targets set by the UN General Assembly Session on HIV/AIDS in 2001 includes no reference to agricultural or natural resource–based measures for prevention, treatment, and care (Stover et al. 2002). This is hardly surprising because there is as yet little documented evidence of their effectiveness in HIV/AIDS control terms or feasibility on a wide scale. Much less is it clear how such efforts might be financed. Across the sectoral divide, agricultural and natural resource management policies and programs are aimed at enhancing food security, improving nutrition, and expanding livelihood opportunities. However, the decisionmakers responsible for the most part have a very limited understanding of how these may be affecting HIV/AIDS risks, positively or negatively, and how these inadvertent effects can be optimized. Few have a clear understanding of how HIV/ AIDS is affecting or will in the future affect attainment of the objectives they now pursue and what adjustments will be necessary to keep these in sight.
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spelling CGSpace1605502025-11-06T04:19:32Z AIDS and Watersheds: Understanding and Assessing Biostructural Interventions Loevinsohn, Michael social protection HIV human immunodeficiency virus aids economic aspects nutrition nutrition policies food security households hunger impact agricultural sector income labour market social aspects Over the past 15 years, evidence has accumulated of how HIV/AIDS impacts rural people who depend for their food and livelihood on agriculture and the management of natural resources. Evidence is also available, though less extensive, of how changes in the rural environment influence the dynamics of HIV/AIDS. It is striking, however, how little this understanding has yet to contribute to the methods used in the struggle with HIV/AIDS. The “expanded response” that UNAIDS is spearheading to meet the targets set by the UN General Assembly Session on HIV/AIDS in 2001 includes no reference to agricultural or natural resource–based measures for prevention, treatment, and care (Stover et al. 2002). This is hardly surprising because there is as yet little documented evidence of their effectiveness in HIV/AIDS control terms or feasibility on a wide scale. Much less is it clear how such efforts might be financed. Across the sectoral divide, agricultural and natural resource management policies and programs are aimed at enhancing food security, improving nutrition, and expanding livelihood opportunities. However, the decisionmakers responsible for the most part have a very limited understanding of how these may be affecting HIV/AIDS risks, positively or negatively, and how these inadvertent effects can be optimized. Few have a clear understanding of how HIV/ AIDS is affecting or will in the future affect attainment of the objectives they now pursue and what adjustments will be necessary to keep these in sight. 2006 2024-11-21T09:51:07Z 2024-11-21T09:51:07Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160550 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Loevinsohn, Micheal E. 2006. AIDS and Watersheds: Understanding and Assessing Biostructural Interventions. In AIDS, poverty, and hunger. Gilespie, Stuart (Ed.). Chapter 14. Pp. 261-282. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/0896297586ch14.
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human immunodeficiency virus
aids
economic aspects
nutrition
nutrition policies
food security
households
hunger
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agricultural sector
income
labour market
social aspects
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AIDS and Watersheds: Understanding and Assessing Biostructural Interventions
title AIDS and Watersheds: Understanding and Assessing Biostructural Interventions
title_full AIDS and Watersheds: Understanding and Assessing Biostructural Interventions
title_fullStr AIDS and Watersheds: Understanding and Assessing Biostructural Interventions
title_full_unstemmed AIDS and Watersheds: Understanding and Assessing Biostructural Interventions
title_short AIDS and Watersheds: Understanding and Assessing Biostructural Interventions
title_sort aids and watersheds understanding and assessing biostructural interventions
topic social protection
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
aids
economic aspects
nutrition
nutrition policies
food security
households
hunger
impact
agricultural sector
income
labour market
social aspects
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