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Livelihood insecurity, HIV and AIDS, and environmental change, including high climate variability, have negatively impacted the southern African region for the last decade. It is increasingly evident that there is a complex interplay of factors shaping rural livelihoods at various scales. Recognition of the varied impacts of HIV and AIDS has led to development of a conceptual framework that utilises the ‘AIDS Timeline’ or ‘Programming Matrix’, which enables differential intervention strategies to be adopted depending on the dominant impacts and trends on livelihoods. This paper presents this approach and links it to case study material from two districts in Malawi and South Africa. The evidence suggests that although there are some areas where HIV and AIDS are mainstreamed into livelihood security interventions, this is not sufficient, as holistic environmental and social approaches are not adopted. This paper reflects on the fieldwork findings to link to the AIDS Timeline in support of appropriate interventions. At the same time, we highlight the urgency in addressing the meso-scale and adopting a holistic framework that addresses livelihood security from a range of angles, including the implications for the chronically ill, interactions with environment and the capacity to implement change.
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Strengthening adaptive capacity of local institutions in response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in Southern Africa. Report to the FAO. 19 May 2004.
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Thomas E. Downing, Barbara Huddleston and Dan Mullins are thanked for their input into earlier conceptual work related to the paper. George Kamvazine and Vhonani Netshandama are thanked for their help in facilitating the fieldwork.
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Ziervogel, G., Drimie, S. The integration of support for HIV and AIDS and livelihood security: district level institutional analysis in southern Africa. Popul Environ 29, 204–218 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-008-0066-9
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