HIV and AIDS have the potential to weaken political institutions by depleting the skills base and diminishing capacity to deliver. The pandemic undermines the national capacity to generate wealth because the productive and educated core of society is the most affected by it. AIDS slows down economic growth and breeds deeper inequalities as bread-winners die and orphans increase. AIDS imposes on the political culture in that it determines whether people obey the laws and participate in governance.
HIV/Aids is a multi-disciplinary issue that touches the lives of all who live in Africa, and many other countries in the world. It cuts across traditional barriers such as race, class, economic status, and has a devastating effect on the consolidation of democracy...
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