tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post1497585353882188781..comments2023-10-08T12:27:04.050+03:00Comments on HIV in Kenya: UNAIDS: a Development ParadoxSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-88529396727590437682011-05-04T08:42:10.999+03:002011-05-04T08:42:10.999+03:00it's important to question the role of unaids,...it's important to question the role of unaids, and other enormous development organisations, because if they get it wrong they waste so much money. one good reason for setting up such an organisation is the potential for large-scale, timely interventions, if appropriate, to save so many lives and so much money by averting great impacts which happen later.interior decorating designshttp://interiordesignsingapore.com.sg/articles/your-home-with-the-great-interior-decorating-designs/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-52775262126031235422009-03-31T14:59:00.000+03:002009-03-31T14:59:00.000+03:00Hi Tin Angel, thank you for your comment. Yes, I q...Hi Tin Angel, thank you for your comment. Yes, I question UNAIDS and big institutions but I don't wish to sound like I am knocking them completely. In fact, I am quite at a loss to know how to resolve the apparent paradox. I think they may well do some good work but I don't, ultimately, think it has worked to exceptionalise HIV. It has been counterproductive and HIV us spreading in ways that we are only just picking up on now. UNAIDS and others have been unable to keep pace with the epidemic in the sense that they have yet to describe the mechanisms of transmission adequately and some things seem to keep changing (although UNAIDS can't be blamed for that).<BR/><BR/>HIV is bigger than UNAIDS and probably always will be. But I don't think a reasonable level of health is beyond, say, the WHO and other health institutions. That's why it would seem better not to spend such huge amounts of money on interventions that are aimed at one disease, many of which don't appear to be working anyway. There are plenty of development issues we know a lot about and we know the effect they will have on people's health, so maybe it would be better to concentrate on some of these.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-27369763631372958312009-03-26T13:57:00.000+03:002009-03-26T13:57:00.000+03:00hi simon! a thoughtful post. it's important to que...hi simon! a thoughtful post. it's important to question the role of unaids, and other enormous development organisations, because if they get it wrong they waste so much money. one good reason for setting up such an organisation is the potential for large-scale, timely interventions, if appropriate, to save so many lives and so much money by averting great impacts which happen later. in the early, exponential phase of an epidemic, a reduction in transmission rate can indeed avert many future impacts. we are now approaching or experiencing the endemic phase, especially in ssa, so unaids needs other reasons to justify its existence.Claire Risleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885524115273289842noreply@blogger.com