African Journal of AIDS Research

African Journal of AIDS Research (AJAR) is a peer-reviewed research journal publishing papers that make an original contribution to the understanding of social dimensions of HIV/AIDS in African contexts. AJAR includes articles from, amongst others, the disciplines of sociology, demography, epidemiology, social geography, economics, psychology, anthropology, philosophy, health communication, media, cultural studies, public health, education, nursing science and social work. Papers relating to impact, care, prevention and social planning, as well as articles covering social theory and the history and politics of HIV/AIDS, will be considered for publication.

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Vol 8, No 4 (2009)

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Table of Contents

Articles

Introduction to the special issue
Interdisciplinarity and collaboration in responding to HIV and AIDS in Africa: anthropological perspectives
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Merrill Singer
Mobilising indigenous resources for anthropologically designed HIV-prevention and behaviour-change interventions in southern Africa PDF
Edward C Green, Cedza Dlamini, Nicole C D’Errico, Allison Ruark, Zoe Duby
Addressing the HIV/AIDS–food insecurity syndemic in sub-Saharan Africa PDF
David A Himmelgreen, Nancy Romero-Daza, David Turkon, Sharon Watson, Ipolto Okello-Uma, Daniel Sellen
Sexual networks and social capital: multiple and concurrent sexual partnerships as a rational response to unstable social networks PDF
Robert Thornton
Home-based care for people living with AIDS in Zimbabwe: voluntary caregivers’ motivations and concerns PDF
Alexander Rödlach
The importance of interdisciplinary collaborative research in responding to HIV/AIDS vulnerability in rural Senegal PDF
Roos Willems
Experiences of collaboration, coordination and efficiency in the delivery of HIV/AIDS home-based care in Zimbabwe PDF
John Mazzeo, Loveness Makonese
Rural black women’s agency within intimate partnerships amid the South African HIV epidemic PDF
Britta Thege
HIV/AIDS and family planning services integration: review of prospects for a comprehensive approach in sub-Saharan Africa PDF
Gisele Maynard-Tucker
Anthropological perspectives on the challenges to monitoring and evaluating HIV and AIDS programming in Lesotho PDF
David Turkon, David Himmelgreen, Nancy Romero-Daza, Charlotte Noble
Artistic activities and cultural activism as responses to HIV/AIDS in Harare, Zimbabwe PDF
Susan Pietrzyk
Introduction of culturally sensitive HIV prevention in the context of female initiation rites: an applied anthropological approach in Mozambique PDF
Sophie Kotanyi, Brigitte Krings-Ney
HIV/AIDS and sexuality: concerns of youths in rural Zimbabwe PDF
Jeremiah Chikovore, Lennarth Nystrom, Gunilla Lindmark, Beth Maina Ahlberg
The relation of HIV testing and treatment to identity formation in Zambia PDF
Emily Frank


African Journal of AIDS Research. ISSN: 1608-5906