274 INdex sub-Saharan Africa (cont.) HIV/AIDS, negative socioeconomic effects of, 76 HIV/AIDS affects military recruitment, development and retention, 75, 85 HIV/AIDS impact on military force maintenance, 78–79 HIV/AIDS impact on military recruitment, 75–77, 84 HIV/AIDS impact on military training, 77 HIV/AIDS impact on useful military employment, 77–78 HIV/AIDS in armed forces of, 74–75 HIV/AIDS increased mortality rates of militaries, troop turnover and higher recruitment rates, 77–78 HIV/AIDS increases both morbidity and mortality rates of military troops and reduction of force strength and capability, 78–79 HIV/AIDS mostly affects age group 15 to 49, 74 HIV/AIDS prevalence rates of 40–80 per cent in various militaries in, 75 HIV/AIDS prevention programmes are of paramount importance, 79 HIV/AIDS should be in all training programmes of military, 84 HIV burden, 68 per cent of global, 10–11 HIV crisis complicated by poverty, unemployment, armed conflicts, a culture of stigmatization, corrupt public and elected officials, and gender-stereotyped relationships, 119 HIV status and informed consent, 80–81 HIV testing, social implications of, 77 HIV testing and exclusion of HIV-positive candidates, 76 HIV testing in the military, 79–80 life expectancies fallen from 65–70 to 37–40 years, 74 militaries deploy HIV-positive personnel, 82 military recruitment and exclusion of HIV-positive candidates, 81–82 military recruits from age group most vulnerable to HIV infection, 77
People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and anti-retroviral drugs, 127 political commitment vs. effective HIV/ AIDS intervention, 91 political will to address HIV/AIDS, 84 poverty facilitates spread of HIV, 127 profiteering from sale of latex condoms and ARV, 127 Quattek study of HIV-positive workers in agriculture, transport, government and construction sectors, 74 resources required exceed budgets of armed forces, 84 70 per cent of the 40 million people living with HIV (globally) live in, 73, 118 silence and denial characterized response of African leaders towards HIV/ AIDS epidemic, 91 sociopolitical, economic and cultural problems, 119 stigmatization of HIV-positive status, 83 20 million people died between 1981 and 2003 in, 118 25 million people are living with HIV in, 118 2.8 million to 3.9 million people became infected in 2005, 118 2.4 million adults and children died of AIDS in 2005, 118 young adults have low educational base affecting quality of overall military, 76 Sudan, 4, 101, 107 survival sex, 110, 128, 158 Swaziland administrative structure of USDF HIV/ AIDS policy response, 93 Constitution of the Kingdom of Swaziland Act of 2005, 92–93 Emergency Response Council for HIV/ AIDS (NERCHA), 93–94 Family Life Association of Swaziland (FLAS), 89 His Majesty’s Correctional Services, 92 HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate of 33 per cent, 89 HIV/AIDS capacity-building initiatives should be improved and supported, 96–97