AFRO-NETS> HIV/AIDS and The Care Economy

[Peter Burgess <Profitinafrica@aol.com>]

HIV/AIDS and The Care Economy
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Dear Simel Esim,

An interesting subject.

I hope you will be able to throw some light onto the big issue of "where 
does the money go". My impression is that more money is spent in the 
NORTH's AIDS "study" economy and the AIDS "workshop" economy and the AIDS 
"conference" economy than on the AIDS "care" economy. 

My educated guess is that probably something in the range of 60% to 80% of 
the funding contributed by the NORTH is used in the study / workshop / 
conference mode.

Sadly it is very difficult to get good numbers about the fund flows in de-
velopment, including the funding for AIDS initiatives.

One day I hope it will be possible to use an easily accessible database of 
information to get these answers, but more important, the help get the 
funding to where it can do the most good.

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Peter Burgess
ATCnet in New York
Tel: +1-212-772-6918 / 646 456 6953 
Fax: +1-707-371-7805
mailto:peterb@iitc.safe-mail.net

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In a message dated 3/16/2003 1:29:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
sesim@icrw.org writes:

> Subj:HIV/AIDS and The Care Economy 
> Date:3/16/2003 1:29:40 PM Eastern Standard Time
> 
> APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING.
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> In the next months, ICRW, in partnership with Horizons Project, UNIFEM
> and ILO is conducting a 'state-of-the-art' review of the literature
> relevant to the impact of HIV/AIDS on the care economy and its effects
> on social and economic development. The review will be
> inter-disciplinary, and will explore both theoretical and practical
> contributions to current knowledge. The review will focus on the
> experience of Africa, but will draw on case materials from other regions
> whena.boahene@elsevier.com relevant. It will explore issues and gaps as
> well as identify existing models of care and support to people affected
> by or living with HIV/AIDS and the social and economic costs to
> employers, workers, households, and the caregivers themselves. This
> review is expected to inform research which will seek to identify,
> support and enhance sustainable, gender-sensitive and cost-effective
> responses to the provision of care for people affected by HIV/AIDS or
> living with HIV/AIDS in their households and communities. In addition,
> the review will be made widely available so that other agencies may use
> it to inform their research and policy agendas on the care economy. 
> 
> We are aware, however, that the available literature can provide only a
> partial view of the 'state-of-the-art'. We are aware that there are
> committed individuals and groups working on the ground to support PLWA
> and their carers, who are too busy to share their experiences with the
> wider world. We would also, therefore, like to tap this field of
> expertise - to consult with these individuals and groups and to include
> their perspectives and experiences in our review.
> 
> We would thus greatly appreciate your help. Please share with us your
> references, and experiences or contact information for groups working on
> the ground on HIV/AIDS care and support. We will keep you posted of the
> development of our work and share our final review with you.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Simel Esim, Ph.D. Senior Economist International Center for Research
> on Women (ICRW) 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW #302 Washington, DC
> 20036 Tel: +1-202-797-0007 ext. 148 Fax: +1-202-797-0020 
> E-mail: sesim@icrw.org  http://www.icrw.org 

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