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AIDS Development: A study of why South Africans don't seem to care about AIDS - Couverture souple

Xhalabile, Calvin

 
9783846594100: AIDS Development: A study of why South Africans don't seem to care about AIDS
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3846594105 ISBN 13 : 9783846594100
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Development is often looked upon in economical terms. Hence research tries to investigate how one country can produce or sell more in order to increase its GDP and thereby realize development. My work does not exclude these considerations but focuses on health as an important aspect of development. I investigate why South Africans would place their lives at risk with full knowledge of AIDS by not using freely available protection when having sex. Once an individual is lost to AIDS South Africa does not just loose an income earner to a family but years of experience, skills and that individual’s personal networks. I suggest that the solution is not in the problem. I hypothesize that there is a historical explanation to the problem. The solution is in looking at the governing dynamics of the individual South African's unmet social needs and what informs his or her behavior. A careful historical investigation of politics, economics and private cultural behavior offers an insight on how AIDS should be approached in South Africa. In these communities the long term fear of dying from AIDS is less threatening than the immediate socio-economical threats.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Development is often looked upon in economical terms. Hence research tries to investigate how one country can produce or sell more in order to increase its GDP and thereby realize development. My work does not exclude these considerations but focuses on health as an important aspect of development. I investigate why South Africans would place their lives at risk with full knowledge of AIDS by not using freely available protection when having sex. Once an individual is lost to AIDS South Africa does not just loose an income earner to a family but years of experience, skills and that individual’s personal networks. I suggest that the solution is not in the problem. I hypothesize that there is a historical explanation to the problem. The solution is in looking at the governing dynamics of the individual South African's unmet social needs and what informs his or her behavior. A careful historical investigation of politics, economics and private cultural behavior offers an insight on how AIDS should be approached in South Africa. In these communities the long term fear of dying from AIDS is less threatening than the immediate socio-economical threats.

Biographie de l'auteur

Calvin Xhalabile was born in 1974 in a slum township of South Africa. After graduating high school he enrolled at the Cape University of Technology studying Public Relations. Later he moved to Denmark and finished a BA in International Development and communication. Later he completed a Masters degree in Develpment Studies from Lund, Sweden.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3846594105
ISBN 13 
9783846594100
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
76
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