Eating a Ripe Banana with Its Skin On’: Health Education Campaigns against STDs and HIV/AIDS in Mbozi District, Tanzania, 1980s-2010
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2012
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The African Anthropologist
Abstract
Abstract
This historical study assesses health education campaigns against
sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS in Mbozi district,
Tanzania, between 1980 and 2010. Archival and oral data collected in
Mbozi from 2008 to 2010 reveal that the campaigns have not had the
intended impact of preventing the spread of the diseases. This is in
part because the campaigns do not take into account the prevailing
socio-economic and cultural contexts. Nevertheless, there is an
increase of public awareness of sexually transmitted diseases and a
slight change of sexual behaviour. Thus, to improve on the current
campaigns, the stakeholders who are involved in intervention
campaigns against sexually transmitted diseases should take into
account the socio-economic and cultural environment.
Résumé
Cette étude historique évalue les campagnes de sensibilisation contre
les maladies sexuellement transmissibles, notamment le VIH/SIDA
dans le district de Mbozi, en Tanzanie, entre 1980 et 2010. Les données
d’archives et de sources orales recueillies à Mbozi de 2008 à 2010
révèlent que les campagnes n’ont pas eu l’impact escompté qui était
de prévenir la propagation des maladies. Cela est en partie lié au fait
que les campagnes ne prennent pas en compte les contextes socioéconomiques
et culturels existants. Néanmoins, l’on observe une
conscience croissante du publique vis-à-vis des maladies
sexuellement transmissibles et un léger changement de
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Sexually transmitted Diseases, HIV/ AIDS , Health education, Mbozi, tanzania