Co-infected Diseases and State Health Policy: Botswana and South Africa's Response to HIV and Tuberculosis

Authors

Margaret H. Schmidt, Lawrence UniversityFollow

Document Type

Honors Project

Publication Date

5-31-2012

Abstract

The emergence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has led to the growth of co-infection with other illnesses including tuberculosis. Many states are now attempting to address the problems presented with co-infected patients from a variety pathogens. In particular sub-Saharan Africa has suffered exponentially more from HIV and TB co-infection than other parts of the world. Thus, why have Botswana and South Africa not created national health policies to treat these diseases together? The following describes the process of how World Health Organization recommendations are translated into state policy. In turn, while donorship and international policy alterations create strong punctuations, the incremental processes continues to determine when policy emerges in a state.

Level of Honors

cum laude

Department

Government

Advisor

Claudena Skran

Comments

Advisor: Claudena Skran

Level of Honors: cum laude

Recommended Citation

Schmidt, Margaret H., "Co-infected Diseases and State Health Policy: Botswana and South Africa's Response to HIV and Tuberculosis" (2012). Lawrence University Honors Projects. 4.
https://lux.lawrence.edu/luhp/4