1. Informal settlements and HIV in South Africa: the need for a developmental local response Jo Vearey (Wits/HEARD) Liz Thomas (Wits/MRC) Lorena Nunez (Wits) Jacques Bezuidenhout (University of Nijmegen) Scott Drimie (IFPRI-RENEWAL/Wits) SAHARA Conference 2 nd December 2009 Johannesburg, South Africa
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3. Structural and contextual factors Why a focus on HIV and urban informal settlements? Housing ? Urban ? SADC, 2006
4. A focus on the urban: an increasing urban population
5. World Urbanization Prospects (2005 Revision), United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs By 2030, 50% or more of the African population will be living in a city
12. 24 hours Dietary Diversity Score: respondents residing informally are more likely to have a deficient dietary score Chi-square 89.880; p = <0.0001 Score 0 - 3 Score 4 - 6 Score 7 - 9 24 hour Dietary Diversity Score In a context of high HIV prevalence, urban informal settlements have poor food security.
13. Perception of risk of HIV Chi-square = 14.221; p = 0.0002 In a context of high HIV prevalence, urban informal settlement residents perceive themselves at risk of HIV
19. The role of local government in responding to HIV and informal settlements
20. Developmental local government “ local government committed to working with citizens and groups within the community to find sustainable ways to meet their social, economic and material needs and improve the quality of their lives ” (RSA, 1998: 23)
Not sure that we need this slide as the data/findings are presented over the next few slides….
There are several ways of viewing food security: dietary diversity is one. Also access to food…. But I’m trying to keep it simple. I can ‘talk to it’ if needed (i.e. about other ways we measured food security).
I can talk to this (I’ve not put numbers).
I’ve kept is simple… just thought easier to convey that there is a need rather than getting too caught up in the detail??