Evolution of HIV/AIDS discourse among the Haya on ten landing sites on the western shores of Lake Victoria, Tanzania: need for a shift from a biomedical to a meaningful life discourse
Date
2008-12
Authors
Kamanzi, Adalbertus
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Publisher
Uganda Martyrs University Press
Abstract
Kagera is one of the areas considered to be an epicentre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Tanzania. This
has been due to linking HIV/AIDS and the cross-border trade between Uganda and Tanzania, an
activity that was due to lack of essential commodities after the Uganda-Tanzania War of 1978-
1981. In a survey in the landing sites of Lake Victoria, where one of the elements is to know the state
of HIV/AIDS, it is found out that people are giving up in their struggle against HIV/AIDS, a situation
that leads to the perception of contracting HIV/AIDS being an "occupational hazard". As the African
sexual permissiveness theory has been at the back of the bio-medical discourse and the eventual
behavioural change paradigms in guiding HIV/AIDS interventions, this article proposes change of
discourse by having the meaningful life discourse in HIV/AIDS interventions.
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Keywords
HIV/AIDS discourse, biomedical discourse, Life discourse
Citation
Kamanzi, A., 2008. Evolution of HIV/AIDS discourse among the Haya on ten landing sites on the western shores of Lake Victoria, Tanzania: need for a shift from a biomedical to a meaningful life discourse. Health policy and development, 6(3), pp.95-101