| dc.description.abstract | hiv/aids is the most devastating illness of modem day. there were thirty-three
million people living with hiv/aids in 2007, and there were two million aids deaths.
in his hook. race against time, stephen lewis explains that there are 14 million orphan
children in sub-saharan africa alone and this number will be 20 million by 2010 (lewis,
2008). hiv/aids also accounts for about 20% of all deaths and disability-adjusted life years lost in africa, which makes it the biggest single component of the continent’s
disease burden (creese, floyd, alban and guinness, 2002).
this paper is to serve as a resource to non-governmental organizations working
in the field of hiv/aids. it will begin with a background to the pandemic, and then
discuss best practices in the field by drawing on current successful non-governmental
organizations. it will also discuss solutions and approaches at the macro, meso and micro
levels. | |
