Essays about: "thesis on economic impact of HIV AIDS"

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  1. 1. Using mass media as channel for healthcare information : A minor field study of audience’s media preferences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Anna Nilsson; [2014]
    Keywords : development journalism; health information; media audience; journalism; Dar es Salaam; Tanzania; development journalism; hälso information; media publik; journalistik; Dar es Salaam; Tanzania;

    Abstract : One of the main tasks for journalism is to provide people with the information they need to be able to make independent decisions that can help them improve their lives. In order to know that the media fullfils this task it is important to study how the information is received by the audience. READ MORE

  3. 2. Global health – a change of perception. The role of health in the post-2015 development agenda.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Katrin Emelie Forslund; [2013]
    Keywords : Global health; United Nations; Millennium Development Goals; Post-2015 Development Agenda; Human security; Critical Discourse Analysis.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Health has been a recurring topic on the development agenda during the recent decades. During the 1980ies and 1990ies there was a great focus on the impact of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. READ MORE

  4. 3. Life in Child/Adolescent Headed Households : Aqualitative study on everyday life experience of children living in child/adolescent headed households in Western Kenya region

    University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Dorcus Awino Adongo; [2010]
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    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the everyday life experience of children living in household headed by a child or an adolescent after the loss of both parents in the rural communities in Western Kenya Region. Child/Adolescent headed household is a rapidly growing form of family in Sub-Saharan Africa mainly due to increased deaths rates of parents caused by HIV/AIDS, civil wars and the weakened state of traditional family safety nets in taking up care and raising responsibilities of orphaned children. READ MORE

  5. 4. Examining determinants of HIV/AIDS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Asegedetch Tullberg; [2010]
    Keywords : Key words: HIV AIDS; socioeconomic-; political- and technological determinants; demographic-; sub Saharan Africa.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Many infectious diseases interact with their immediate environments. Prevention strategies have to be executed on the individual level as well as within the risk environment. Risk factors refer to factors outside of the individual that influence the risk of transmission. READ MORE

  6. 5. HIV/AIDS in economic growth models : how does HIV/AIDS influence the Solow Growth Model and what are the implications of the pandemic for the fight against poverty for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa?

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Johanna Ekhagen; [2009]
    Keywords : Economic growth; HIV AIDS; poverty;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the impact from HIV/AIDS on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. This is an important region for investigation since HIV/AIDS is more common in poor countries where economic growth levels are initially low. The theoretical framework for the analysis is the Solow Growth Model. READ MORE