Mainstreaming of HIV and Aids into South African fisheries policy
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Date
2008
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Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
Abstract
HIV/Aids is one of the most serious health,
economic and social issues facing southern Africa
today (UNAIDS; Heywood 2004). Although only
10% of the world’s population lives in Sub-Saharan
Africa, 64% of the 39.5 million people estimated
to have been living with the HI virus in 2006 were
from Sub-Saharan Africa. Estimates show that
women are disproportionally affected, with 77%
of all women living with the virus worldwide
being from Sub-Saharan Africa. The severity of
the epidemic in southern Africa is closely linked
to poverty, the low status of women and other
Figure 2: HIV prevalence by age group, South
Africa 2005i
Figure 3: HIV prevalence in population (aged two years and older) by
race, South Africa 2005 ii
social-economic factors (Department of Health
2007).
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HIV, South African, Fisheries Policy, Fishing communities, High-risk factors
Citation
Isaacs, M. et al. (2008). Mainstreaming of HIV and Aids into South African Fisheries Policy. Research Report 39. Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape