Evidence of relationships between religious affiliation and the African AIDS pandemic is found in the medical, religion …, and sociology literature. In particular, studies have shown that predominantly Christian countries tend to have higher HIV … drives the Christianity/HIV correlation. (Also, condom use actually correlates positively with HIV prevalence, though reverse …

HIV/AIDS on economic growth. Apparently, the choice of the selected 18 SSA countries was anchored on factors such as … the region lives with the epidemic; meaning that one in every ten adults in the region is HIV/AIDS positive. A substantial … increase in the prevalence of HIV/AIDS, leads to not only impacting negatively on human capital development and output growth …

Estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic on economic growth is challenging because of endogeneity concerns. In this … paper, we use novel data on male circumcision and distance from the first HIV outbreak as instrumental variables for the HIV/AIDS … epidemic in 241 regions across 25 countries in sub-Saharan Africa during 2003-12. Our main finding shows that the impact of HIV/AIDS …

This book examines HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, impacts and responses in the socioeconomic and cultural context of Sub … poverty as the main causes of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. …