Friday, February 1, 2008

'Cost of AIDS to Africa' outline

'Cost of AIDS to Africa'
Use HDI figures as a basis for current life expectancy and compare it to before the HIV crisis.
Examine the economic effects (in terms of wages lost; wages spent on the sick; state healthcare; international efforts) of the disease.
Prevalence amongst age bracket 1-16yrs.
Instead of generalising for the whole continent, cover the most affected nations and the least affected nations, to attempt to get a decent coverage.
Both the positive and negative effects of medical treatments, i.e. do they just cause the sick to prolong their life (as a further economic drain on the household/state) or do they create individuals who can actually contribute to the economy?
The future.
Does AIDS explain limited international investment (i.e. compared to Civil War, Bad institutions etc.)
outline by Ossie Christopher Fikret

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