“By undermining health and the development of
human capital, it is widely acknowledged that
HIV/AIDS will increasingly undermine the foundations of human and economic development, although the details of this impact are as yet poorly understood.This paper sets out to examine some of
these potential impacts on security and
governance in Southern Africa—the region where global HIV-prevalence is highest. To this end, the paper considers the thinking behind HIV/AIDS as a security issue and problematises the nature of the epidemic in the region. It then pulls together existing thinking to consider in detail the potential impact of HIV/AIDS on security and governance in the region.”
