Are country reputations for good and bad leadership on AIDS deserved?
Subtitle: an exploratory quantitative analysis
By: Nicoli Nattrass
Contributors: University of Cape Town. Centre for Social Science Research; University of Cape Town. Aids and Society Research Unit; aids2031 (Organization); University of Natal. Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division
Series: CSSR working paper -- no. 219; CSSR working paper -- no. 219.
Publisher: Centre for Social Science Research
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rondebosch
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
ISBN-13: 9781770111592
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: HIV infections; Treatment; Government policy; Evaluation; Prevention; AIDS (Disease)
Description: "Some countries, like Brazil, have good reputations on AIDS policy, whereas others, notably South Africa, have been criticized for inadequate leadership. Cross-country regression analysis suggests that most of the 'poster children' for AIDS leadership have indeed performed better or worse than expected given their economic and institutional constraints and the demographic and health challenges facing them. Regressions are run on HAART coverage (number on highly active antiretroviral therapy as % of total need) and MTCTP coverage (pregnant HIV+ women accessing mother-to-child-transmission prevention services at % of total need). Brazil, Burkina-Faso, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Mali, Namibia, Suriname, Thailand, Paraguay, and Uganda performed consistently better than expected. South Africa, Uruguay, and Trinidad and Tobago performed consistently and significantly worse than expected"--P. 1.
Notes: "July 2008."

At head of title: Centre for Social Science Research, Aids and Society Research Unit.

"aids2031", "HEARD"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-16).

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