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J Decosas

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PubMed2002

The profile and context of the epidemics of sexually transmitted infections including HIV in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe has widespread and widely disseminated epidemics of most major sexually transmitted infections (STI) including HIV. This epidemiological situation is examined from a broad historical perspective, exploring the interactions between the population incidence of STI and the social profile of the country. The results suggest opportunities for upstream prevention efforts. Examples of these include: integration of prevention with care and social support; increasing general communication and openness about sexuality; economic support initiatives including income generating and micro-credit programmes, offering living accommodations for families in cities, mines, and military camps; and programmes focusing on adolescents before they become sexually active.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1998

World health.

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Global Health↗
PubMed1997

Migration and HIV.

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Emigration and Immigration↗
PubMed1996

Preventing sexually transmitted diseases through individual- and population-based public health approaches: social and political implications.

Epidemiology provides the scientific rationale for public health decisions. Epidemiologists construct taxonomic collectives on the basis of individual attributes, or "risks." One of the public health approaches to the control of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is to identify population-based strategies that can be targeted to these risk groups. Public health decisions, however, are largely political and open to discussion beyond the academic environment. Terms such as "risk group" have different meaning in public discourse than in scientific jargon. The language of epidemiology, when used in public health campaigns to control STDs, has led to stigmatization and victimization of individuals. Public health policies that ignore the political and social organization of populations are in danger of becoming instruments of social and political repression.

Health Promotion↗
PubMed1996

HIV and development.

BACKGROUND: Epidemics of disease are milestones in the history of humanity, nodes in the web of causes and consequences which shape the development of societies. HIV has been with us for long enough to reveal global patterns of distribution which can be linked to currently accepted indicators of social development. Its highest prevalence is found in poor societies, societies in turmoil, among the displaced, the powerless, and the marginalized. The prevalence of HIV is an indicator of uneven or dysfunctional social development. DISCUSSION: How HIV will affect the development of nations is difficult to predict. A major impact on national macro-economic indicators such as gross national product is unlikely. The most important social and economic effect of the epidemic in developing countries will be an increasing gap between rich and poor, and the feminization of poverty.

Adult↗
PubMed1995

Migration and AIDS.

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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗