Socio-economic effects of HIV/AIDS in West Africa

Abstract

The report is divided up into three chapters. The first chapter provides an overview of the current status of the prevalence of the pandemic in the sub-region. The second chapter analyses its socio-economic implications. The third chapter reviews the progress made in the fight against HIV/AIDS in West Africa and explores the modalities of the intensification and of the good governance of the interventions. This report, together with the comments and recommendations of the Expert Meeting, will also be submitted as a contribution to the work in progress of the high-level Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA) created by the Secretary-General of the United Nations who gave a mandate to the ECA to assume responsibility as technical secretariat.