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education and assurance of safe blood. In 1992 the government adopted a
multisectoral approach and the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) was established to
oversee the multisectoral program. President Museveni also ensured political
openness early on by touring the country, speaking openly about the disease, and
allowing for complete media freedom so that information and advertisements
regarding the disease could reach all segments of society. The HIV/AIDS
prevalence rate in Uganda went from 15% in the early 1990’s to about 6% in 2005.
Even before the creation of the UAC in 1992, the government of Uganda
was taking a pro-active role in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In 1987 a psychosocial
support organization was established for those infected with and affected by the
disease. In 1990 an AIDS information center was created to disseminate information
to testing centers. Participation by religious and civil-society organizations as well
as ministries was encouraged through Uganda’s multisectoral approach and the UAC
today continues to coordinate and facilitate such participation. An example of the
work of the UAC includes the linkage of partners from the public and private sectors
along with various ministers to collaborate in identifying HIV/AIDS priority areas.
Once the priority areas are identified, monitoring and future planning of policies are
performed. Policies such as the emancipation of women, universal education, and
poverty eradication are geared towards reaching and aiding the most vulnerable
groups in society.
In 1997, Uganda endorsed a policy of governmental decentralization with a
transfer of power to the district level. By 2001, over 700 different HIV/AIDS
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 |
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| Title | Page 69 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 61 education and assurance of safe blood. In 1992 the government adopted a multisectoral approach and the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) was established to oversee the multisectoral program. President Museveni also ensured political openness early on by touring the country, speaking openly about the disease, and allowing for complete media freedom so that information and advertisements regarding the disease could reach all segments of society. The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Uganda went from 15% in the early 1990’s to about 6% in 2005. Even before the creation of the UAC in 1992, the government of Uganda was taking a pro-active role in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In 1987 a psychosocial support organization was established for those infected with and affected by the disease. In 1990 an AIDS information center was created to disseminate information to testing centers. Participation by religious and civil-society organizations as well as ministries was encouraged through Uganda’s multisectoral approach and the UAC today continues to coordinate and facilitate such participation. An example of the work of the UAC includes the linkage of partners from the public and private sectors along with various ministers to collaborate in identifying HIV/AIDS priority areas. Once the priority areas are identified, monitoring and future planning of policies are performed. Policies such as the emancipation of women, universal education, and poverty eradication are geared towards reaching and aiding the most vulnerable groups in society. In 1997, Uganda endorsed a policy of governmental decentralization with a transfer of power to the district level. By 2001, over 700 different HIV/AIDS |
