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IS HIV/AIDS A THREAT TO POLITICAL STABILITY IN AFRICA
September 16-18, 2002 Nairobi, Kenya.
Organized by African Academy of Sciences (AAS) & Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)
Posted with permission of the African Academy of Sciences
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Objectives
The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) organized a three-day workshop on the theme "Is HIV/AIDS a Threat to Political Stability in Africa? The workshop brought together a panel of experts from the Southern and Eastern Africa region researching on HIV/AIDS and its probable impact (on political stability) from a sectoral and geographical dimension.
The major objectives of the workshop was to:
- Provide an opportunity for sharing of country-specific information on HIV/AIDS as an initial step in coming to grips with the threat it poses to political stability.
- To generate proposals, which could be used in raising awareness among the main institutions, involved in African development.
- Set a research agenda in a collaborative and consultative format whose findings and recommendations could be widely disseminated within and outside Africa.
The workshop had its roots on a background paper that focused on five sub-themes starting from the behavior of individuals who are HIV positive to HIV/AIDS impact on institutional development, social development, economic development and the electoral process. As reflected in its title, the meeting asked complex and provocative questions and did not lay claim in addressing all the issues nor provide definitive answers to all questions. The main objective was to envision Africa's new development initiative (NEPAD) with guarded optimism if HIV/AIDS is not accorded serious political attention.
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