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Facing the global challenge of HIV/AIDS

Student Activities

Case Study Teacher's Notes

  1. Why is HIV/AIDS a global phenomenon? Explain whether HIV/AIDS as a global phenomenon results from predominantly natural processes or predominantly human activities, and describe the extent of its impact.

  2. From the UNAIDS data shown in the table in the case study, describe the global distribution of people living with HIV/AIDS. What major factors cause this distribution?

  3. Refer again to the table in the case study. How does the way HIV/AIDS is transmitted vary in different regions? Prepare a world map showing the distribution of the various affected groups. Suggest how this might affect the most appropriate responses in Australasia compared with Africa or South-east Asia.

  4. Using data sources listed below, investigate the spatial association between the number of people living with HIV/AIDS and

    • income per capita

    • status of women (as indicated, for example by % of girls attending secondary school)

    • access to information, (as indicated by number of radios or television sets per 1000 people)

    • number of intravenous drug users.

    Prepare an annotated visual display to report your findings about spatial association.

    Suggested data sources: State of the World's Children at http://www.unicef.org/sowc00/ Human Development Report at http://www.undp.org/hdro

  5. Read about the National Highway One project in Vietnam, in the case study.

    1. One way we can classify factors is as social, historical, economic, environmental and political. Which factors shaped the response that was chosen?

    2. Study the photos. Suggest how the locations for statues, murals and posters might have been chosen.

    3. Apart from Vietnam, suggest other locations where a project similar to the National Highway One project might be appropriate. Use maps to support your answer.

  6. Why are responses to HIV/AIDS needed at an international and regional scale as well as a national and local scale?

  7. Classify the responses described in the case study by ticking cells in the matrix below.
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National Highway One Project, Vietnam                          
Research to discover an AIDS vaccine                          
Low-cost anti-retroviral drugs for developing countries                          
Community home-based care for people living with AIDS                          
Information / education / communication campaigns to reduce high-risk behaviour                          
Programs to reduce violence against women                          

  1. Discuss the strengths and weakness of the responses outlined. Use your discussion to help you develop a list of criteria by which responses to HIV/AIDS could be ranked.

  2. Groups of students research other examples of government and non-government responses to HIV/AIDS and add them to the matrix above. (The UNAIDS web site is a good place to start)

  3. Debate the statement "Prevention will be more important than cure, in the world's response to HIV/AIDS in the next 5 years".

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