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Squaring
the Circle: AIDS, Poverty, and Human Development
P Piot; R
Greener; S Russell, UNAIDS
October 23, 2007
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This report
from UNAIDS highlights the differences between the effects of AIDS
on poverty, and the effects of poverty upon the risk of acquiring
HIV. HIV and poverty are linked but the report sites recent evidence
that indicates that HIV is a disease of inequality, often associated
with economic transition, rather than a disease of poverty in itself.
The authors state that factors such as gender inequality and weakened
social cohesion are important contributors to this equation.
The report concludes
that greater understanding of the relationship between HIV and poverty
is essential. To this end six steps are suggested:
- AIDS programmes
must be tailored to individual country needs
- efforts
should be made to combine HIV programmes with poverty reduction
initiatives, such as microfinance
- the provision
of HIV treatment can help prevent poverty and indirectly contribute
to HIV prevention by breaking down stigma
- development
plans generally must contribute to aids prevention and treatment
in the communities they work in.
- poverty
reduction programmes must reduce vulnerability to HIV, particularly
for women and young people
- increased
international support, driven by high-level political will is
needed to address AIDS in the world poorest countries and communities
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