Essays about: "HIV AIDS as a security threat"
Found 3 essays containing the words HIV AIDS as a security threat.
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1. The Silent War in Africa - HIV/AIDS as a Security Threat in Sub-Saharan Africa
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : In 2000 the UN Security Council declared HIV/AIDS a risk to national and international security. No region in the world is as affected by the pandemic as sub-Saharan Africa, which hosts 64% of the world's HIV/AIDS cases. In this thesis we take a close look at the security implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. READ MORE
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2. The Grammar of Threat and Security in HIV/AIDS : An analysis of the South African Government's Discourse on HIV and AIDS Between 1998 and 2002 MFS-rapport nr 72, ISSN 1400-3562, ISBN 91-7373-905-7
University essay from Ekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Since HIV and AIDS were discovered in the early 1980s the infection rates have taken on the proportions of a global pandemic. Whilst the rates are still quite low in the Western World there are areas like Sub-Saharan Africa, of which South Africa is a part, where the rates are as high as 25%. READ MORE
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3. Broadening the mandate of the Security Council - HIV/AIDS as a threat to international peace and security
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The question of international peace and security today includes far more than merely weapons and balance of power. The cold war conception of state security with primary focus on external aggression failed to offer adequate protection against the everyday threats facing the people of the world - threats that often are more tangible than a looming threat of war. READ MORE
