Mainstreaming of HIV and Aids into South African fisheries policy

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dc.contributor.authorIsaacs, Moenieba
dc.contributor.authorHara, Mafaniso
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-11T11:04:58Z
dc.date.available2019-03-11T11:04:58Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractHIV/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).en_US
dc.identifier.citationIsaacs, 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 Capeen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4482
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInstitute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Capeen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesResearch Report;39
dc.subjectHIVen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africanen_US
dc.subjectFisheries Policyen_US
dc.subjectFishing communitiesen_US
dc.subjectHigh-risk factorsen_US
dc.titleMainstreaming of HIV and Aids into South African fisheries policyen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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