Interactions between HIV/AIDS and the environment: Toward a syndemic framework

A. Talman, S. Bolton and J.L. Walson

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 2, 253-261

Abstract: Although the social, economic, and political dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic have been studied in considerable depth, the relationship between HIV/AIDS and its environmental causes and consequences remains largely unexplored. We reviewed the evidence of interactions between ecosystem health and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. We hypothesized a syndemic between environmental degradation and HIV/AIDS; they exhibit bidirectional, selfreinforcing interactions. We have presented a syndemic framework detailing multiple synergistic relationships. This framework hinges on the vulnerability of populations as the linchpin between the pandemic and environmental health. A coherent research and practice agenda for addressing the syndemic that focuses on the 2 issues as not only concurrent but also intertwined phenomena is urgently needed. Copyright © 2012 by the American Public Health Association®.

Keywords: Africa; agriculture; climate change; economics; environment; environmental protection; female; human; Human immunodeficiency virus infection; male; manpower; review, Africa; Agriculture; Climate Change; Conservation of Natural Resources; Environment; Female; HIV Infections; Humans; Male (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300924

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