The impact of HIV/AIDS on the productive labour force in Africa

Addis Ababa, 2 May 2005 - Policymakers have reiterated the need for Africa to tackle HIV/AIDS by talking frankly about the disease in a bid to educate people.. The call follows

Another observation from these data is that levels of fertility although reducing in all countries overtime, CBR is higher under environment of HIV/AIDS particularly after the

The Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance convenes three meetings this week around key thematic areas of research and its final report and is the focus of a plenary

In particular, the vulnerability and exploitation of young girls within their extended and foster families, the sexual abuse of young women by much older men, and the exclusion of

The research objective of our study was aimed at determining the effects offfiV/AIDS on household labour supply and economie growth in Zambia; and to recommend policy

It is a tragic irony that almost three decades after the Alma-Ata Declaration elevated health to the status of a basic and fundamental human right and

W., "The socio-demographic impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa, Senior Policy Seminar on the Social Impact of HIV/AIDS in Households and families in Africa (UNECA: Addis Ababa), 2-4

Thus the main objective of this study is to carry out a descriptive analysis of the economie implications of the HIV 1 AIDS epidemie in the Nigerian labour force, by