HIV/AIDS, Climate Change and Disaster Management : Challenges for Institutions in Malawi
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Southern African institutions involved
in disaster management face two major new threats: the
HIV/AIDS pandemic (eroding organizational capacity and
increasing vulnerability of the population), and climate
change (higher risk of extreme events and disasters).
Analyzing the combined effects of these two threats on six
disaster-related institutions in Malawi, the authors find
evidence of a growing gap between demand for their services
and capacity to satisfy that demand. HIV/AIDS leads to staff
attrition, high vacancy rates, absenteeism, increased
workload and other negative effects enhanced by human
resources policies and financial limitations. Many necessary
tasks cannot be carried out adequately with constraints such
as the 42 percent vacancy rate in the Department of Poverty
and Disaster Management Affairs, or the reduction of
rainfall stations operated by the Meteorological Service
from over 800 in 1988 to just 135 in 2006. The authors
highlight implications of declining organizational capacity
for climate change adaptation, and formulate recommendations.
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ABSENTEEISM, ACCIDENTS, ADEQUATE NUTRITION, ADULT POPULATION, ADULT PREVALENCE, ADULT PREVALENCE RATE, AFFECTED COMMUNITIES, AGED, AIDS EPIDEMIC, AIDS PANDEMIC, AIDS PATIENT, AIDS PREVALENCE, ALLIANCE, ASPECTS OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT, AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, BEHAVIOUR CHANGE, BEREAVEMENT, BULLETIN, CAPACITY BUILDING, CASH CROPS, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CONDITIONS, CLIMATE FORECASTS, CLIMATE HAZARDS, CLIMATE SYSTEMS, CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS, COMMUNICATION EFFORTS, DEATH RATE, DEMAND FOR SERVICES, DEPENDANTS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISABILITY, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, DISASTER MANAGERS, DISASTER MITIGATION, DISASTER MITIGATION MEASURES, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, DISASTER PREVENTION, DISASTER RELIEF, DISASTER RESPONSE, DISASTER RISK, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, DISASTERS, DISEASES, DISSEMINATION, DRINKING WATER, DROUGHT, DROUGHTS, DRUGS, EARLY WARNING, EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, EARLY WARNINGS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS, EMERGENCIES, ENTREPRENEUR, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, EPIDEMIC, EQUITABLE ACCESS, EXCESS MORTALITY, EXTREME EVENTS, FAMILIES, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMINE, FARMER, FARMERS, FERTILITY, FLOODING, FLOODS, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY, FORESTRY, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FUNERAL ATTENDANCE, FUNERAL COSTS, FUNERAL EXPENSES, GENDER INEQUALITY, GLOBAL AIDS EPIDEMIC, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GROUNDWATER, HAILSTORMS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, HEALTH POLICY, HEALTH SERVICES, HIV, HIV INFECTION, HIV POSITIVE, HUMAN CAPACITY, HUMAN HEALTH, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, ILLNESS, ILLNESSES, IMMUNE SYSTEM, IMPACT OF AIDS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION, INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE, IPCC, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION PROJECTS, LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES, MALARIA, MARKETING, MIGRATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, NATIONAL AIDS, NATIONAL AIDS COMMISSION, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL LEVELS, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NUMBER OF DEATHS, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, OLDER MEN, OPPORTUNISTIC DISEASES, OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS, ORPHANS, OUTBREAKS, PATIENT CARE, POLICY ENVIRONMENT, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POPULATION MOVEMENTS, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, PRACTITIONERS, PRECIPITATION, PREVALENCE RATE, PREVALENCE RATES, PREVENTION ACTIVITIES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PROGRAMS, PROGRESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SERVICE, QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY OF SERVICES, QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS, RAINFALL, RAINY SEASON, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RICHER COUNTRIES, RISK REDUCTION, RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL POVERTY, SAFETY, SAFETY NETS, SANITATION, SELF-RELIANCE, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVISION, SEX, SEXUAL PARTNERS, SICK LEAVE, SKILLED STAFF, SOCIAL SERVICES, SOCIAL WELFARE, SOIL, SOIL CONSERVATION, SOIL EROSION, STDS, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SUPPLY SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH, TABOO, TEMPERATURE, THUNDERSTORMS, TORNADOES, TROPICAL CYCLONES, TUBERCULOSIS, UNAIDS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, VULNERABILITY, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WORKERS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG ADULTS