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Hearing the Ants Walk: Micro-Hearing the Ants Walk: Micro-economic level impact of economic level impact of HIV/AIDS on African householdsHIV/AIDS on African households
Gabriel Rugalema, PhDGabriel Rugalema, PhDSenior Policy Adviser, UNAIDSSenior Policy Adviser, UNAIDSUNDP Africa Regional Project for HIV and Development UNDP Africa Regional Project for HIV and Development Pretoria, South AfricaPretoria, South Africa
 
 
Why Why micromicro-economic focus?-economic focus?- Illness and hence care provision - Illness and hence care provision are experienced at this levelare experienced at this level- Deaths and funerals too are - Deaths and funerals too are occurring at this leveloccurring at this level- Impact on survivors is borne at - Impact on survivors is borne at household levelhousehold level- Overall, households bear the - Overall, households bear the gravest impact of the epidemic. gravest impact of the epidemic.
 
 
Conceptualising the impact of Conceptualising the impact of HIV/AIDS on householdsHIV/AIDS on households- Entitlement failure – Survivors’ - Entitlement failure – Survivors’ rights and access to economic and rights and access to economic and social resources are severely social resources are severely affected.affected.- Long-wave disaster – The impact - Long-wave disaster – The impact is intergenerationis intergeneration- Series of crises – demographic, - Series of crises – demographic, social, and economic crises.social, and economic crises.

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