SARPN Regional poverty analysis

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Regional poverty analysis

Communicable diseases and poverty in Southern Africa
Paper presented at a SARPN conference held at the Human Sciences Research Council Pretoria 26 April 2001

Dr Mark Colvin & Dr Brian Sharp
Medical Research Council, South Africa

Table of Contents

1.	Introduction
HIV / AIDS
2.	The extent of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
3.	HIV/AIDS: From a health to a development crisis
4.	The interaction of poverty and HIV/AIDS
5.	Does Poverty Increase the Likelihood of HIV Infection
6.	Impact on Human Development Indicators
7.	The Macro Implications of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
8.	Impacts on other sectors
9.	Conclusions
10.	Policy Recommendations
Malaria
11.	Malaria
12.	Recommendations
References
13.	HIV/AIDS Related References
14.	Malaria Related References