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workers from select rural communities in China, Vietnam, Lao People’s Democratic
Republic, and Cambodia on what they might learn from Mae Chan’s example.20
The Mae Chan response is an example of a community-based multisectoral
approach within a country that implemented a successful multisectoral program at
the national level. Certainly, active and consistent responses such as these have
added to Thailand’s success in fighting HIV/AIDS. Since 2000, Thailand has
remained active in its fight against the epidemic by increasing the amount of ARVs
distributed, establishing programs to increase treatment for all members of the
population living with HIV/AIDS, and targeting teenagers for education about
condom use. All of Thailand’s anti-AIDS measures seemed to have worked over
time: after a peak of about 140,000 HIV/AIDS cases in 1991, infections were
estimated to have fallen to about 21,000 in 2003.
Those political determinants that seem to contribute to Thailand’s success in
fighting HIV/AIDS are: a strong and influential leader, political rights and programs
for vulnerable groups, media openness regarding the disease, a close relationship
between the government and community, and the implementation of a multisectoral
HIV/AIDS program. Societal determinants that seem to contribute to Thailand’s
success in fighting HIV/AIDS are: the enforcement of HIV/AIDS education in
schools and the legalizationa and monitoring of prostitution. Unfortunately,
complete data on every political and societal determinant of HIV/AIDS identified in
20 From Popline Document: Mae Chan Workshop on Integrated Community Mobilization towards
Effective Multisectoral HIV / AIDS Prevention and Care.
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 76 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 68 workers from select rural communities in China, Vietnam, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and Cambodia on what they might learn from Mae Chan’s example.20 The Mae Chan response is an example of a community-based multisectoral approach within a country that implemented a successful multisectoral program at the national level. Certainly, active and consistent responses such as these have added to Thailand’s success in fighting HIV/AIDS. Since 2000, Thailand has remained active in its fight against the epidemic by increasing the amount of ARVs distributed, establishing programs to increase treatment for all members of the population living with HIV/AIDS, and targeting teenagers for education about condom use. All of Thailand’s anti-AIDS measures seemed to have worked over time: after a peak of about 140,000 HIV/AIDS cases in 1991, infections were estimated to have fallen to about 21,000 in 2003. Those political determinants that seem to contribute to Thailand’s success in fighting HIV/AIDS are: a strong and influential leader, political rights and programs for vulnerable groups, media openness regarding the disease, a close relationship between the government and community, and the implementation of a multisectoral HIV/AIDS program. Societal determinants that seem to contribute to Thailand’s success in fighting HIV/AIDS are: the enforcement of HIV/AIDS education in schools and the legalizationa and monitoring of prostitution. Unfortunately, complete data on every political and societal determinant of HIV/AIDS identified in 20 From Popline Document: Mae Chan Workshop on Integrated Community Mobilization towards Effective Multisectoral HIV / AIDS Prevention and Care. |
