Essays about: "HIV AIDS awareness"

Showing result 11 - 13 of 13 essays containing the words HIV AIDS awareness.

  1. 11. PERFORMING ARTS FOR HIV/AIDS COMMUNICATION

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Fredrick Mugira; [2008]
    Keywords : Performing arts; HIV AIDS communication;

    Abstract : Basing on drama theory, social learning theory and activation theory of information exposure among others, this thesis set out to explore the effectiveness of live drama as a communication tool for raising young people’s awareness about HIV/AIDS and to draw conclusions in terms of strength and weakness. This thesis used a case study of DramAidE organization in KwaZulu Natal province of South Africa which has since 1992 been using participatory drama and other interactive educational methodologies to control the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in especially KwaZulu Natal province which has the highest HIV prevalence rate in the country. READ MORE

  3. 12. Conflict Or Flexibility? Pharmaceutical Patents, Access to Medicines and the Role of Compulsory Licences

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Björn Länsisyrjä; [2008]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : International law related to patents, on the one side, and human rights, on the other, both constitute interesting areas of law on their own. From time-to time the two distinct fields of international law intertwine. A tragic but highly relevant example is the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Struggles of Youth in a Time of HIV/AIDS Awareness and Prevention Programs : A discussion of the personal, interpersonal, and social challenges youth face against the backdrop of media-oriented campaign discourses in South Africa

    University essay from Hälsa och samhälle

    Author : Kristin Juelson; [2008]
    Keywords : Youth; sexuality; HIV AIDS; prevention; awareness; South Africa; identity; relationships; media;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the different discourses on sexuality put forth by two prominent media-oriented HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention campaigns, Soul City and Love Life, in South Africa, and the ways in which they resonate with youth as they struggle to negotiate their own sexual identities in a rapidly changing society. It uses qualitative methods to consider the struggles of individuals in the personal, interpersonal, and larger social realms and how campaigns speak to them in different ways and, in turn, how youth negotiate their own identities. READ MORE