Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
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Behaviour change interventions to prevent the spread of the HIV
epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa have had limited success, due to a
failure to engage with local understandings of illness and well-being,
to recognize the social hierarchies that influence vulnerabilities to
infection, and to address broader geo-political power imbalances.
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There has been growing recognition of the need to take account of
cultural understandings of health and illness, negotiate gender rela-
tions and other social hierarchies, and draw on local forms of com-
munication to engage people in development interventions.
further
reading
McEwan and Butler's (2007) article in
Geography Compass
provides a
good overview of the relationship between disability and development.
Yeo and Moore's (2003) article in
World Development
discusses the con-
nections between disability and poverty and the representation of dis-
abled people in development institutions, while Mwendwa et al.'s (2009)
article in the
Journal of International Development
discusses the chal-
lenges of mainstreaming the rights of disabled persons in national devel-
opment frameworks. Tony Evans' article, 'A human right to health?'
(2002), in
Third World Quarterly
,
provides a useful human rights perspec-
tive on health within the context of globalization and Jones' (2004) arti-
cle in
Third World Quarterly
offers a post-colonial perspective on donor
discourses surrounding access to HIV treatment in Africa. For further
reading on HIV in Africa, see Kalipeni et al.'s (2004) topic,
HIV and AIDS
in Africa: Beyond Epidemiology,
Baylies and Bujra's (2000) topic
, AIDS,
Sexuality and Gender in Africa
and
Thornton's
Unimagined Community
(2008)
.
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