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Taming HIV/AIDS on Africa's Roads
| 题名： | Taming HIV/AIDS on Africa's Roads |
| 责任者： | Lema, Antoine；Brushett, Stephen；Lewi, Negede；Riverson, John；Siele, Silue |
| 关键词： | Health, Nutrition and Population — HIV AIDS；Health Economics and Finance；Health Monitoring and Evaluation；Roads and Highways；Banks and Banking Reform；Finance and Financial Sector Development；Transport |
| 学科分类： | 交通运输安全 |
| 摘要： | Findings of international studies of the HIV/AIDS pandemic at work places suggest that, the transport sector is a major vector for the disease. The reason is simple. People working in the transport sector are mobile, they spend weeks and months away from their families and their homes and many satisfy their sexual needs "on the road." Migration, short-term or long-term, increases opportunities for sexual relationships with multiple partners, transforming transport routes to critical links in the propagation of HIV/AIDS. International studies also suggest that long-haul truck drivers are the highest risk group in the road sector. Clearly, social capital is at risk. In Africa, studies assessing the relationship between transport and HIV/AIDS are still partial and embryonic. Yet, situational analyses undertaken to date suggest that HIV/AIDS has become a major threat to the social capital of the transport sector and to transport operations, but few actions are taken to address the insurgence of the pandemic. Nonetheless, investing adequately in combating HIV/AIDS in Africa is now a precondition for all other development investments to succeed. The transport sector faces four major challenges: 1) Reduction of social capital 2) Poor safeguard policies addressing HIV/AIDS at work places 3) Absence of standard HIV/AIDS clauses in works contracts 4) Limited sector analytical work on HIV/AIDS. These challenges can be addressed. Committed leadership, continuous dialogue with clients, and strategic partnerships could make a difference. |
| 出版机构： | World Bank |
| 完成日期： | 2012-08-13T09:18:53Z |
| 报告类型： | 咨询报告 |
| 详细地址： | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/5529459/taming-hivaids-africas-roads |
| 资源类型： | 科技（咨询、行业）报告 |
| 初始创建时间： | 2017-12-13T14:11:47Z |
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