Civil Society’s Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Africa

摘要: Shouldering two-thirds of the global HIV/AIDS prevalence 34 million, sub-Saharan Africa has been “ground zero” for intense research scrutiny and interventional programming over last three decades. This landscape cannot be characterized without role civil society organizations (CSOs), which include a broad spectrum nongovernmental (NGOs), faith-based organizations, community-based (CBOs). In context crises in sociopolitical economy deteriorating health indicators early 1990s, rapid growth CSOs filling expanding spaces coincided with emergence eventual explosion HIV/AIDS, subsequently bringing about rise AIDS NGOs. The NGOization services would develop not only organically—driven by HIV activists at grassroots—to fill gaps where governments lacked response, but also as they were spurred on large external official philanthropic donor funds. Throughout Africa, these groups have responsible transferring significant proportions now US $10 billion annual spending to needy persons affected played leading developing implementing policies, strategies, programs mitigate impact prevent treat disease. response followed historiography, geography, patterns spread often utilizing approaches based solid scientific evidence dictated funders. Despite challenges criticisms, this effort helped reduce incidence 25 % 22 African countries during 1990–2009 expand treatment access from just 50,000 2002 5 million 2011.