HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control and Population/Family Planning: The Potential forIntegration of Programs and Activities in Sub-Saharan Africa

摘要

AIDS has grown to epidemic proportions in much of sub-Saharan Africa in only afew years. At the same time, rapid population growth continues to outpace the capacity of African societies to feed, keep healthy, and educate their children, and provide jobs for them when they mature. There are definite points of contact between programs that deal with the threat of AIDS and those that deal with reproductive patterns threatening the lives of mothers and children and the economic well-being of families. This report assesses the technical and administrative feasibility and program implications for integrating HIV/AIDS activities into established population/family planning programs. Although the study cautions against wholesale integration of activities, it sees many potential advantages to integration. Individual chapters of the report detail: lessons learned from family planning programs; country experiences of family planning and HIV/AIDS concerns; constraints to integration; and recommendations.