MHS-2410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Risky Sexual Behavior, Denialism, Condom
19 Dec 2016
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Providing good health is not easy; it is messy and about sustainable development, equity, and justice. Falsifying numbers: data debates prevent action or provide excuse for inaction. Once there is a generalized epidemic, more important are the number of new infections, the incidence, and consequent demand for treatment and care. Security implications of aids: aids linked with conflict because armed forces had high prevalence, were more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior and rape. Economies are effected and development is slowed down or reversed. South african denialism: masculinity, origin of hiv (hiv from monkeys and hiv is sexually transmitted, therefore africans had sex with monkeys), africans don"t control their sexuality, science and education bound by apartheid. Three main factors for sustaining and consolidating democratic rule. First, it is harder for poor countries to maintain democracy, and contracting economics and growing inequality severely threaten democratic processes. Second, there need to be strong political institutions including civil services, judiciaries, and executives.
