HIV/AIDS and the Security Sector in Africa

by Bernan Distribution

Overview

Throughout history, communicable diseases have devastated armies and weakened the capacity of state institutions to perform core security functions. Today, the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa has prompted many of the affected countries to initiate policies aimed at addressing its impact on their armed forces, police, and prisons. This volume explores the dynamics of how the security sectors of selected African states have responded to the complex and multifaceted challenges of HIV/AIDS.

Current and impending African HIV/AIDS policies address a range of security-related issues:

• The role of peacekeepers in the spread or control of HIV

• The dilemma of public health (the need to control HIV) versus human rights (protection against mandatory medical testing) needs

• The gender dimensions of HIV in the armed forces

• The impact of HIV on the police and prisons

The chapters in HIV/AIDS and the Security Sector in Africa are written by African practitioners, including commissioned officers who are currently serving in the armed forces, medical officers and nurses working in the military, and African policy and academic experts. While the book does not comprehensively address all aspects of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the security sector, the contributors nonetheless highlight the potentials and limits of existing policies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789280812091
Publisher:	Bernan Distribution
Publication date:	04/15/2012
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Obijiofor Aginam is academic officer and head of section for international cooperation and development in the United Nations University's Institute for Sustainability and Peace, Tokyo. He is also adjunct research professor of law at Carleton University, Ottawa. Martin R. Rupiya is currently executive director of the African Public Policy and Research Institute (APPRI), Pretoria, South Africa. He was formerly manager of the Military and HIV/ AIDS (MilAIDS) project and senior researcher in the Defence Sector Programme at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Pretoria.

Table of Contents

Figures x

Tables xi

Contributors xii

Acknowledgements xiv

Introduction Obijiofor Aginam Martin R. Rupiya 1

1 Understanding the dynamics of HIV/AIDS and the security sector in Africa: An overview Obijiofor Aginam Martin R. Rupiya Johanna Stratton Andrea Ottina 8

Part I HIV/AIDS and the military: National and sub-regional perspectives 15

2 HIV/AIDS and the South African National Defence Force: Anecdotal evidence from outside and within Lindy Heinecken 17

3 Policy, security and outcomes: HIV/AIDS and the Uganda People's Defence Forces Charles Bakahumura 36

4 The ECOWAS regional framework on HIV/AIDS and the military in West Africa Ayodele Akenroye 45

5 HIV and the military: A Human Rights Impact Assessment of Nigeria's Armed Forces HIV/AIDS Control Policy Guidelines Babafemi Odunsi 62

6 Challenges to the regeneration of the armed forces: HIV/AIDS and its impact on the military life-cycle Gerald Gwinji 72

7 A civil society perspective on the Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force policy response to HIV/AIDS Nathi Gumede 88

Part II HIV/AIDS and peacekeeping in Africa 99

8 Culture and HIV/AIDS in African peacekeeping operations Gwinyayi Albert Dzinesa 101

9 The African Union and the HTV/AIDS crisis: Harnessing alternative policy options Olajide O. Akanji 117

10 The Zambia Defence Force: Considerations on peacekeeping and HIV/AIDS Lawson F. Simapuka 131

11 A disorderly resolution of an organized conflict: The military dimension and the spread of HTV/AIDS in Sierra Leone Olubowale Josiah Opeyemi 144

Part III HIV/AIDS: Perspectives on the police and prisons 153

12 Policing against stigma and discrimination: HIV/AIDS in the Zambia Police Service Charles M. Banda 155

13 HIV/AIDS in Cameroon: The policy response of the police Polycarp Ngufor Forkum 166

14 Policy challenges on HIV/AIDS and prisons: Towards a southern African template Martin R. Rupiya 185

15 HIV/AIDS among Cameroonian prison staff: Response to a deadly challenge Tayou André Lucien 203

Part IV HIV/AIDS: Gender and other emerging issues 221

16 HIV/AIDS and women in the Zimbabwe Defence Forces: A gender perspective Getrude P. S. Mutasa 223

17 Rape and HIV/AIDS as weapons of war: Human rights and health issues in post-conflict societies Obijiofor Aginam 247

Index 256