Combat AIDS: HIV and the world's armed forces
- London Healthlink Worldwide 2002
- ii, 57p.
Discusses the impact of HIV/AIDS on military forces around the world. Includes material from focus group discussions with soldiers in Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, and South-east Asia. The paper shows that soldiers are more likely to contract HIV and other STDs than civilians and attempt to present the reasons behind this. It gives a basic overview of the problem and highlights several obstacles to tackling this problem among soldiers. Discusses strategies for addressing the problem at the international level.