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“In Congo (Brazzaville), the MAP facilitated the emergence of an NGO that
specialized in the care of children affected by AIDS. This led to an
improvement of services delivered to this population” (Gorgens-Albino et al.:
43).
“In Guinea-Bissau, approximately one and a half years into its
implementation, it is reported that the MAP is beginning to change health
services in the country, empowering and enhancing regional and national
health care facilities as well as personnel in five priority regions in the
country” (Gorgens-Albino et al.: 56).
It was also reported in this MAP review document that MAPs in Rwanda, Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia will be ending even though the financing for
current HIV/AIDS programs has not been completely disbursed. A possible reason
for this is that ministries of finance in these countries prefer to have more flexibility
in allocating funds than is offered by the MAP guidelines.
From the country examples provided by Gorgens-Albino, Mohammad,
Blankhart, and Odutolu (2007), it seems that requiring a multisectoral approach for
all countries has contributed to noticeable improvements in the fight against
HIV/AIDS. Many new policies have been implemented and vulnerable groups have
been targeted. Furthermore, political determinants for fighting HIV/AIDS such as
strong institutions have improved: “. . . approximately 32 percent of MAP funding
was allocated to build institutions to contribute to a multisectoral response and to
Object Description
| Title | Political determinants and economic effects of HIV/AIDS: a push for the multisectoral approach |
| Author | Davis, Dollie |
| Author email | dollieda@usc.edu; dolliesdavis@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Economy & Public Policy |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-07-15 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-30 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Wise, Carol |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Nugent, Jeffrey B. Chi, Iris |
| Abstract | The proposed dissertation offers an explanation for the large differences in HIV/AIDS rates among 89 low and middle-income countries throughout the Sub Saharan African, Asian, and Latin American regions over a ten-year period (1995-2005). The HIV/AIDS rates in these countries vary widely and seemingly independently of economic wealth. One possible determinant of these differences is the presence and degree of development of strong multisectoral programs aimed at both prevention and cure of HIV/AIDS. The main hypothesis for this dissertation is: "A country's success in combating HIV/AIDS lies in the government's ability to implement an effective multisectoral program." This hypothesis is explored through quantitative models using data from the ten-year period (1995-2005). Results show that the presence of a multisectoral program over the ten-year period is associated with a significantly lower HIV/AIDS incidence rate by 2005. This effect is produced by controlling for various political, economic, societal, and institutional factors. Although there is some anecdotal evidence which suggests that multisectoral programs help to improve the HIV/AIDS problem in developing countries, there has been little if any empirical work done on this subject to date. |
| Keyword | multisectoral; HIV/AIDS; economic development |
| Geographic subject (region) | Carribbean |
| Geographic subject (continent) | Africa; Asia; South America |
| Coverage date | 1995/2005 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1724 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Davis, Dollie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Davis-2422 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Davis-2422.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 61 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 53 “In Congo (Brazzaville), the MAP facilitated the emergence of an NGO that specialized in the care of children affected by AIDS. This led to an improvement of services delivered to this population” (Gorgens-Albino et al.: 43). “In Guinea-Bissau, approximately one and a half years into its implementation, it is reported that the MAP is beginning to change health services in the country, empowering and enhancing regional and national health care facilities as well as personnel in five priority regions in the country” (Gorgens-Albino et al.: 56). It was also reported in this MAP review document that MAPs in Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia will be ending even though the financing for current HIV/AIDS programs has not been completely disbursed. A possible reason for this is that ministries of finance in these countries prefer to have more flexibility in allocating funds than is offered by the MAP guidelines. From the country examples provided by Gorgens-Albino, Mohammad, Blankhart, and Odutolu (2007), it seems that requiring a multisectoral approach for all countries has contributed to noticeable improvements in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Many new policies have been implemented and vulnerable groups have been targeted. Furthermore, political determinants for fighting HIV/AIDS such as strong institutions have improved: “. . . approximately 32 percent of MAP funding was allocated to build institutions to contribute to a multisectoral response and to |
