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The World Bank's Commitment to HIV/AIDS in Africa : Our Agenda for Action, 2007-2011

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2012-05-25T13:56:32Z
dc.date.available 2012-05-25T13:56:32Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.description.abstract The World Bank is committed to support Sub-Saharan Africa in responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This Agenda for Action (AFA) is a road map for the next five years to guide Bank management and staff in fulfilling that commitment. It underscores the lessons learned and outlines a line of action. HIV/AIDS remains and will remain for the foreseeable future an enormous economic, social, and human challenge to Sub-Saharan Africa. This region is the global epicenter of the disease. About 22.5 million Africans are HIV positive, and AIDS is the leading cause of premature death on the continent. HIV/AIDS affects young people and women disproportionately. Some 61 percent of those who are HIV positive are women, and young women are three times more likely to be HIV positive than are young men. As a result of the epidemic, an estimated 11.4 million children under age 18 have lost at least one parent. Its impact on households, human capital, the private sector, and the public sector undermines the alleviation of poverty, the Bank's overarching mandate. In sum, HIV/AIDS threatens the development goals in the region unlike anywhere else in the world. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9484156/world-banks-commitment-hivaids-africa-agenda-action-2007-2011
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-8213-7448-1
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6401
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Washington, DC : World Bank
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ABSENTEEISM
dc.subject ABUSE
dc.subject ACCESS TO TREATMENT
dc.subject ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
dc.subject ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
dc.subject AIDS COMMITTEE
dc.subject AIDS DEATHS
dc.subject AIDS EPIDEMIC
dc.subject AIDS INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject AIDS PROGRAMS
dc.subject AIDS RELIEF
dc.subject ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY
dc.subject BEHAVIOR CHANGE
dc.subject BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
dc.subject CAPACITY BUILDING
dc.subject CAUSES OF DEATH
dc.subject CHILD LABOR
dc.subject CHRONIC DISEASE
dc.subject CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subject COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
dc.subject CONDOM
dc.subject CONDOM DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject CONDOM USE
dc.subject CONTROL OVER RESOURCES
dc.subject COST EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subject DEATH RATES
dc.subject DECISION MAKING
dc.subject DEPENDENCY RATIO
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject DIAGNOSIS
dc.subject DIAGNOSTICS
dc.subject DIARRHEAL DISEASES
dc.subject DISABILITY
dc.subject DISABLED PERSONS
dc.subject DISCRIMINATION
dc.subject DISSEMINATION
dc.subject DOUBLE ORPHANS
dc.subject DRUG RESISTANCE
dc.subject DRUGS
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject EFFECTIVE PREVENTION
dc.subject EFFECTIVE USE
dc.subject EMERGENCY PLAN
dc.subject EMERGENCY RESPONSE
dc.subject EPIDEMICS
dc.subject EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subject EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject FAMILIES
dc.subject FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject FERTILITY
dc.subject FERTILITY RATES
dc.subject GENDER EQUALITY
dc.subject GENDER INEQUALITIES
dc.subject GENDER INEQUALITY
dc.subject GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject HAZARD
dc.subject HEALTH BURDEN
dc.subject HEALTH CARE
dc.subject HEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subject HEALTH PLANNING
dc.subject HEALTH SECTOR
dc.subject HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject HEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subject HEALTH WORKERS
dc.subject HEART DISEASE
dc.subject HIGH-RISK GROUPS
dc.subject HIV
dc.subject HIV INFECTIONS
dc.subject HIV POSITIVE
dc.subject HIV PREVENTION
dc.subject HIV TRANSMISSION
dc.subject HUMAN CAPACITY
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
dc.subject IMMUNE DEFICIENCY
dc.subject IMMUNE SYSTEMS
dc.subject IMMUNODEFICIENCY
dc.subject IMPACT ON CHILDREN
dc.subject INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES
dc.subject INFECTION
dc.subject INJECTING DRUG USE
dc.subject INJECTING DRUG USERS
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
dc.subject KNOWLEDGE BASE
dc.subject LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject LACK OF CAPACITY
dc.subject LEGAL RIGHTS
dc.subject LEGAL STATUS
dc.subject LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject LOCAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject MALARIA
dc.subject MALE CIRCUMCISION
dc.subject MALNUTRITION
dc.subject MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject MATERNAL HEALTH
dc.subject MEASLES
dc.subject MEDICAL SUPPLIES
dc.subject MICROBICIDES
dc.subject MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
dc.subject MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject MINISTRIES OF HEALTH
dc.subject MINISTRY OF HEALTH
dc.subject MORBIDITY
dc.subject MORTALITY
dc.subject MOTHER
dc.subject MOTHER-TO-CHILD
dc.subject MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION
dc.subject NATIONAL AIDS
dc.subject NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject NATIONAL DIALOGUE
dc.subject NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS
dc.subject NATIONAL LEADERS
dc.subject NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject NATIONAL PRIORITIES
dc.subject NATIONAL STRATEGIES
dc.subject NEGATIVE EFFECTS
dc.subject NEW INFECTIONS
dc.subject NUMBER OF DEATHS
dc.subject NUMBER OF NEW INFECTIONS
dc.subject NUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subject NUTRITION
dc.subject NUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subject OLD AGE
dc.subject OPPORTUNISTIC DISEASES
dc.subject ORPHAN
dc.subject ORPHAN SUPPORT
dc.subject ORPHANS
dc.subject PARENTING
dc.subject PATIENT
dc.subject PERSONS IN NEED
dc.subject POLICY DIALOGUE
dc.subject POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION GOALS
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
dc.subject PREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subject PREMATURE DEATH
dc.subject PREVALENCE
dc.subject PREVALENCE RATES
dc.subject PREVENTION EFFORTS
dc.subject PREVENTION INFORMATION
dc.subject PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject PRODUCTIVE YEARS
dc.subject PROGRESS
dc.subject QUALITY ASSURANCE
dc.subject RECIPIENT COUNTRIES
dc.subject REFUGEES
dc.subject REGIONAL INITIATIVES
dc.subject REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subject RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject RESOURCE NEEDS
dc.subject RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
dc.subject RETURNEES
dc.subject RISK POPULATIONS
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject SAFE SEX
dc.subject SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject SEX WITH MEN
dc.subject SEX WORK
dc.subject SEX WORKER
dc.subject SEX WORKERS
dc.subject SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
dc.subject SEXUALLY ACTIVE
dc.subject SEXUALLY ACTIVE MEN
dc.subject SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION
dc.subject SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
dc.subject SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject SOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subject SOCIAL SERVICES
dc.subject SOCIAL SYSTEMS
dc.subject STIS
dc.subject STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
dc.subject SUPPLY CHAINS
dc.subject TB
dc.subject TECHNICAL RESOURCES
dc.subject THERAPY
dc.subject TRADE UNIONS
dc.subject TRANSMISSION
dc.subject TUBERCULOSIS
dc.subject UNAIDS
dc.subject UNFPA
dc.subject UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
dc.subject UNIVERSAL ACCESS
dc.subject UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject VACCINES
dc.subject VICTIMS
dc.subject VIOLENCE
dc.subject VOLUNTARY COUNSELING
dc.subject VOLUNTARY TESTING
dc.subject VULNERABILITY
dc.subject VULNERABLE CHILDREN
dc.subject VULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subject VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
dc.subject WORKFORCE
dc.subject WORKPLACE
dc.subject WORKPLACE EDUCATION
dc.subject WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subject YOUNG ADULTS
dc.subject YOUNG GIRLS
dc.subject YOUNG MEN
dc.subject YOUNG PEOPLE
dc.subject YOUNG PREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subject YOUNG WOMEN
dc.title The World Bank's Commitment to HIV/AIDS in Africa : Our Agenda for Action, 2007-2011 en
dc.title.alternative O compromisso do Banco Mundial com o VIH/SIDA em Africa : o nosso plano de actividades, 2007-2011 en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Gender
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Publication
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9484156/world-banks-commitment-hivaids-africa-agenda-action-2007-2011
okr.globalpractice Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/978-0-8213-7448-1
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 090224b08785f510_2_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 9484156
okr.identifier.report 43960
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2008/05/30/000333038_20080530023715/Rendered/PDF/439600PUB0Box310only109780821374481.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Africa
okr.region.geographical Africa
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: HIV AIDS
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies
okr.topic Health Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topic Disease Control and Prevention
okr.topic Gender :: Gender and Health
okr.topic Health, Nutrition and Population
okr.unit ACTafrica (AFTHV)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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