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Why HIV/AIDS prevention strategies fail in Botswana: considering discourses of sexuality

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  • Peggy Gabo Ntseane
  • Julia Preece

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A phenomenological study that was carried out among five ethnic groups of Botswana revealed the importance of taking into account culturally situated sexual realities when prevention policies for HIV/AIDS are considered and implemented. Furthermore the study threw light on the ineffectiveness of the current national HIV/AIDS prevention strategy of 'Abstain, Be faithful, or use a Condom' (ABC), a strategy that has been externally imposed on communities, without sufficiently engaging the behavioural practices and values of the communities themselves. This paper therefore advocates educational strategies for HIV/AIDS prevention that take into consideration localised social relations and value systems. Devising policies that engage with the discourses that are dominant in each ethnic group can make a difference in a country that has been hard-hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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  • Peggy Gabo Ntseane & Julia Preece, 2005. "Why HIV/AIDS prevention strategies fail in Botswana: considering discourses of sexuality," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(3), pages 347-363.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:22:y:2005:i:3:p:347-363
    DOI: 10.1080/14797580500252910
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