Uganda in the 1990s and HIV: A 'Zero Grazing' Policy
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Résumé
In the late 1980s, Uganda was widely viewed as the country most affected by HIV/AIDS in the world. By 1989, all districts of Uganda were affected with a rural infection rate approaching 18 percent and an urban rate of 30 percent. The Ugandan government’s response chose to focus primarily on reforming sexual behaviour, despite evidence pointing to deficient medical practices as a primary cause of the AIDS outbreak. This paper uses the theory of ‘causal stories’, developed by Deborah Stone, to explain how political issues are framed and policy responses formed. More specifically, it will explain that the story of “sexual promiscuity” closely aligned with pre-existing societal values and reinforced existing political structures. In contrast, the story of “institutional health care failure” would lead to a loss of public support for the government. This paper argues that there are several reasons why the causal story of sexual promiscuity was more successful than the causal story of institutional failure. First, it was supported by pre-existing programs and cultural values of international, religious and political groups. Second, international donors were also important factors in the creation of Uganda’s AIDS policies. More than 70 percent of Uganda’s funding comes from international sources, and foreign NGOs delivered a substantial amount of Uganda’s health care. Accordingly, Uganda was hesitant to focus on deficient medical practices as a primary cause for the spread of AIDS as it could possibly lead to public discontent on foreign sources and jeopardizing foreign funding. Third, the causal story of sexual promiscuity helped protect the existing political order. This causal story strategically blamed HIV/AIDS’ victims for their immoral sexual behaviour rather than governmental health policies for the misuse of needles and syringes. Last, the argument of sexual promiscuity was supported by the scientific community by conducting studies which focused only on high-risk populations and by not focusing on hospitals as a source for transmission. As a result, government officials initiated an aggressive nationwide campaign to prevent the spread of AIDS. This campaign argued that the AIDS epidemic in Uganda was caused by grossly promiscuous sexual activity. The dominant message of early HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns encouraged individuals to be faithful to their partner and to have ‘zero-grazing’ behavior. Overall, Uganda’s abstinence and faithfulness campaign launched in 1987 promoted behavioural change by encouraging young people to delay the initiation of sex and urged sexually active adults to reduce their number of sexual partners.
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| Métarecherche | 0,002 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens large) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Bibliométrie | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Études des sciences et des technologies | 0,001 | 0,000 |
| Communication savante | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Science ouverte | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Intégrité de la recherche | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
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