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> From: "Rodlach, Alexander" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2 October 2009 02:26:22 GMT+01:00
> To: "AIDS and Anthropology Research Group List" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [aarg] call for papers: HIV/AIDS and Food Insecurity in Sub-
> Saharan Africa
> Reply-To: Aids and Anthropology Research Group <[log in to unmask]>
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> Anthropological Approaches to Confronting HIV/AIDS and Food
> Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa
>
> The NAPA Bulletin is seeking contributions for a 2010 thematic issue
> on “Anthropological Approaches to Confronting HIV/AIDS and Food
> Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Please submit a 250-word abstract
> and a 50- to 100-word biographical sketch to Barrett Brenton [log in to unmask]
> , John Mazzeo [log in to unmask], and Alexander Rödlach [log in to unmask]
> , the issue editors, no later than November 1, 2009.
>
> Synopsis:
>
> The synergism among nutritional status, immune function, and disease
> is known to heighten susceptibility to HIV infection and accelerate
> its progression to full-blown AIDS. In addition to traditional HIV/
> AIDS prevention strategies and increased access to treatment, there
> is a great need to develop policies and programs that aim to reduce
> and eliminate food and nutrition insecurity in resource-poor
> countries affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
> This call to action is even more urgent in light of the recent
> debate over how to best use the $10 billion to $15 billion spent
> annually on the prevention and treatment of AIDS. With the revised
> downward estimate of the number of people living with HIV/AIDS
> worldwide (UNAIDS 2007), the slow development of a promising
> vaccine, and the discouraging results from a recent microbicide
> trial (Center for Global Development 2007), health experts have
> suggested that some of the billions of dollars spent in these
> efforts should be reallocated to address basic problems such as
> malnutrition, tuberculosis, diarrheal and enteric diseases, and
> malaria. The co-occurrence of these problems with HIV/AIDS
> underscores the role that structural inequalities play in the spread
> of infectious diseases.
> This issue brings together anthropologists, other social scientists,
> and practitioners to detail the ways in which food security measures
> can be effectively integrated with HIV/AIDS prevention and anti-
> retroviral treatment efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa. The design and
> promotion of best practices that incorporate culturally,
> economically, and politically appropriate solutions will be
> highlighted throughout the volume.
>
> Contributors are asked to consider the following questions in
> preparing their chapters:
>
> 1) In what, if any ways, has food and nutrition insecurity
> contributed to the spread of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa?
> 2) What have social scientists learned about the relationship
> between economic insecurity and HIV risk behaviors that can aid in
> the development of innovative programs that combine prevention
> strategies with the alleviation of food insecurity?
> 3) Are there any programs currently in place that combine HIV
> prevention or treatment and the alleviation of food insecurity?
> What can we learn from these programs in terms of best practices?
> 4) What role do social scientists have in the development of
> policy and programming with regard to these issues?
> 5) How do we design programs that are culturally appropriate
> and that effectively address the problem of AIDS stigmatization? On
> a related issue, how do we recruit individuals into such programs
> and retain them through time?
> 6) How can such programs be evaluated in order to measure their
> efficacy?
>
> Tentative Publication Schedule and Deadlines:
>
> November 1, 2009: Abstracts and Bio-Sketches to Co-Editors
> January 15, 2010: Selected Manuscripts to Co-Editors
> March 15, 2010: Authors Return Revised Manuscripts to Co-
> Editors to be sent out for Peer-Review
> Summer 2010: Peer-Review Comments Returned to Authors
> August 1, 2010: Authors Return Revised Manuscripts to Co-
> Editors
> Fall 2010: NAPA Bulletin Published
>
> About the NAPA Bulletin:
>
> Founded in 1983, NAPA strives to promote the practice of
> anthropology, both within the discipline and among private and
> public organizations. As the official publication of NAPA, the NAPA
> Bulletin serves to provide information and advice concerning the
> business end of the practice, to review specific branches of the
> practice, and to integrate the practice of anthropology with theory
> in order to increase the knowledge and understanding of the human
> condition. For more information go to:
> http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=1556-4789&site=1
>
>
>
>
> Alexander Rödlach Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor in Anthropology and Psychiatry
> Sociology and Anthropology
> 441a Administration Building
> Creighton University
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> Omaha, NE 68178 USA
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