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Priorities, government institutions and foreign assistance in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Russia
Author(s) -
Davis Christopher,
Dickinson Ben
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.295
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , state (computer science) , government (linguistics) , incentive , economic growth , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , autonomy , political science , independence (probability theory) , public health , public administration , development economics , medicine , economics , law , immunology , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , nursing , algorithm , computer science , biology , microeconomics
Abstract This article argues that for a number of reasons, the Russian state has had limited success in tackling the growing problem of HIV/AIDS. It begins with brief discussions of the health context of HIV/AIDS in the Russian Federation and the development of institutions in Russia post‐1991. It then discusses the attempts that have been made thus far to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic, both on the part of the federal government and with the aid of international donor funding. It is argued that a number of factors have contributed to Russia's lack of success in tackling HIV/AIDS. Firstly, the infection has been interpreted as a health problem rather than as a phenomenon which impacts on all aspects of public life. Secondly, there have been weak incentives at the federal level, which has resulted in a lack of a coordinated approach to HIV/AIDS at the national level. Thirdly, there have been regional variations in the autonomy and independence from the federal state impacting on the struggle against HIV in the Russian regions. Evidence from research undertaken by DFID is drawn upon to illustrate these variations in tackling HIV/AIDS. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.