Nana K Poku
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1143592 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Nana K Poku |
| PRENOMES | Nana K |
| SOBRENOME | Poku |
| ASSINATURA | POKU N K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Bradford |
| ORCID | 0009-0004-9911-2658 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 41 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Why Doesn't the Decriminalisation of Same-Sex Sexuality and Sex Work Ensure Rights? The Legality and Social Acceptance of Transgressive Sexualities in Urban Mozambique
Background The dependence on the law to direct people’s behaviour is known for its imperfections, yet it has become a mainstream response to social problems in modern day society. It is also the pathway through which internationally-recognised rights obligations, including sexual rights, are anticipated to diffuse across distinctly different societies. We studied the introduction of new legal standards in Mozambique, with an interest in their abi…
Age Matters
We highlight the presence of a diverse group of vulnerable young women who may be missed by sex worker programme responses. In future intervention planning, there is need to consider the age-related needs and vulnerabilities within a spectrum of young women involved in a wide range of transactional relationships to ensure that services reach those most vulnerable to poor SRH outcomes
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
Preventing HIV among Young People in Southern and Eastern Africa
Inclusive engagement for health and development or ‘political theatre’
To address this, the Global Fund has begun an initiative to shore-up the capabilities of CCMs, with specialised technical and financial support, so that they can both grasp and influence the overall financing and sustainability of HIV programmes, rather than focussing on Global Fund programmes alone. What stronger CCMs could achieve, given the growing HIV-treatment-related commitments in these three countries, remains to be seen. Starting in 2020…
Bibliographie / Bibliography
Spies, Amanda: Continued state liability for police inaction in assisting victims of domestic violence: a reflection on the implementation
Political responsibility and global health
Globalising dynamics have had wide-ranging and pervasive impacts on nearly every form of human relatedness, which now include the bases upon which states calculate and express their political responsibilities. As the ‘reach’ of practical and normative pressures extends and their demands intensify, the compass of state responsibility is becoming a key pressure point for facing the challenges and mediating the tensions of our globalised and still g…
Making of the Constitution of Kenya
Aids , Sociology of
The entry offers a symbolic analysis of the social construction and signification of HIV/AIDS as one of the major pandemics in modern history. Central to this constructionist (and postmodern) analysis, we assert that sociological theorizing has contributed to some central insights regarding the discursive formations used by the public health paradigm for the surveillance of bodies and governmentality of the epidemic. Key symbols that have dominat…
Sustainable development and the struggle for LGBTI social inclusion in Africa
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Agenda 2063 chart a new development pathway for Africa. ‘Leaving no one behind’, or full social inclusion, is central to this effort. What will this mean for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI) people in Africa who are among the most socially excluded members of the population? This article explores this through a discussion framed by the concept of social inclusion and the com…
African Youth Cultures in a Globalized World
How should the post-2015 response to Aids relate to the drive for universal health coverage
The drive for universal health coverage (UHC) now has a great deal of normative impetus, and in combination with the inauguration of the sustainable development goals, has come to be regarded as a means of ensuring the financial basis for the struggle against HIV and AIDS. The argument of this paper is that such thinking is a case of 'the right thing at the wrong time': it seriously underestimates the scale of the work against HIV and AIDS, and t…
HIV/Aids, State fragility, and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1308
When, in 2000, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) discussed a global response to the growing HIV/AIDS pandemic, it was the first time in the institution's history that its members had debated a non-mandated issue. The preserve of this institution had, until then, been focused on preventing wars and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Yet the mounting evidence on the societal impacts of HIV/AIDS was no less devastating for af…
The Millennium Development Goals
The prospect for the MDGs cannot be reduced to the sum of the eight goals, divorced from international dynamics, the hard interests of states and the global dynamics that impact on both, or from the complexities and intractability of widespread poverty and its consequences. The legacies and controversies of previous international development initiatives also beset perceptions of, and support for, the MDGs. However, the wholly inclusive nature of …
The Millennium Development Goals and Development after 2015
Five years from the end of the 15-year span of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) it is already plain that progress has been patchy and that the larger goals will not be met. The scale and profile of the MDGs will make them subject to eventual success or failure judgments and 'lessons learned' analyses, but the evidence of the past decade and current trajectories are sufficient to reveal our conceptual and operational shortcomings and the ki…
When Bodies Remember
No reason yet exists to suggest that the HIV epidemic is significantly slowing down anywhere in Africa. Each day of continuing spread adds to the ramifications and duration of its devastating impact. The statistics on the toll that the epidemic has already exacted paint a grim picture, as do the forecasts of the consequences that are still anticipated to unfold over the medium to long term. Communities across the continent are experiencing a day-…
Public Health and Human Rights
Meeting the challenges to scaling up HIV/Aids treatment in Africa
AIDS-related morbidity and mortality not only affects individuals and their families, but is rapidly undermining African states' capacity to develop. Stemming the impacts of the pandemic has therefore become a major concern. This calls for meeting the needs for care and support of those affected, and increasing the access of persons living with HIV/AIDS to effective treatment. Provision of such complex medication in resource-limited settings is a…
Human security and development in Africa
There has been a recent rise in optimism about Africa's prospects: increased economic growth; renewed regional and national political commitments to good governance; and fewer conflicts. Yet, given current trends and with less than eight years until 2015, Africa is likely to fail to meet every single one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Home to almost one-third of the world's poor, Africa's challenges remain as daunting as ever. Despit…
HIV/Aids financing
No
Introduction
Journal Article Introduction: 25 years of living with HIV/AIDS: challenges and prospects Get access NANA K. POKU, NANA K. POKU 1John Ferguson Professor of African Peace and Conflict Studies in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. He was formerly Director of the United Nations Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa. He is also the Programme designer and leading manager of the International Development Association…
The Socioeconomic Context of Africa’s Vulnerability to Hiv/Aids
although the proximate cause of africa’s aids crisis is hiv, the underlining societal causes are much broader and familiar. across the continent, poverty structures not only the contours of the pandemic but also the outcome once an individual is infected with hiv. thus, until poverty is reduced there will be little progress with either reducing transmission of the virus or creating an enhanced capacity to cope with its socioeconomic consequences.…
The Global Aids Fund
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS offers great promise as an instrument of global action to address the devastating effects of the disease. Yet the enormity of its promise also speaks to the scope of its mission: to facilitate the financing by governments, corporations, philanthropical bodies and individuals of a massive effort to address the epidemic that has to date outpaced previous efforts at effective control. A key challenge is to devise a gove…
Global health and the politics of governance
(2002). Global health and the politics of governance: An introduction. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 191-195
Poverty, debt and Africa's HIV/Aids crisis
As Africa enters its third decade of structural adjustment pressures, the promised advantages of economic restructuring—as hailed by the various lending bodies— have not been forthcoming. The indelible picture emanating from the continent is one of a people relegated to a position of extreme poverty as state managers and the international community either fail to, or seem unable to, pursue policies that will secure the basic needs of its citizens…
Poverty, debt and Africa's HIV/Aids crisis
As Africa enters its third decade of structural adjustment pressures, the promised advantages of economic restructuring—as hailed by the various lending bodies— have not been forthcoming. The indelible picture emanating from the continent is one of a people relegated to a position of extreme poverty as state managers and the international community either fail to, or seem unable to, pursue policies that will secure the basic needs of its citizens…
Africa's Aids crisis in context
The 13th International Conference on AIDS held in Durban, South Africa, highlighted the social catastrophe unfolding on the African continent. The meeting took place in the country with the largest number of people infected by HIV - the virus that causes AIDS - on the continent that is home to 70% of the world's HIV-infected population. The cruel irony of the unfolding human tragedy is that Africa is also the least equipped region in the world to…
Why Doesn't the Decriminalisation of Same-Sex Sexuality and Sex Work Ensure Rights? The Legality and Social Acceptance of Transgressive Sexualities in Urban Mozambique
Background The dependence on the law to direct people’s behaviour is known for its imperfections, yet it has become a mainstream response to social problems in modern day society. It is also the pathway through which internationally-recognised rights obligations, including sexual rights, are anticipated to diffuse across distinctly different societies. We studied the introduction of new legal standards in Mozambique, with an interest in their abi…
The Socioeconomic Context of Africa’s Vulnerability to Hiv/Aids
although the proximate cause of africa’s aids crisis is hiv, the underlining societal causes are much broader and familiar. across the continent, poverty structures not only the contours of the pandemic but also the outcome once an individual is infected with hiv. thus, until poverty is reduced there will be little progress with either reducing transmission of the virus or creating an enhanced capacity to cope with its socioeconomic consequences.…
HIV/Aids, State fragility, and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1308
When, in 2000, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) discussed a global response to the growing HIV/AIDS pandemic, it was the first time in the institution's history that its members had debated a non-mandated issue. The preserve of this institution had, until then, been focused on preventing wars and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Yet the mounting evidence on the societal impacts of HIV/AIDS was no less devastating for af…
The Millennium Development Goals and Development after 2015
Five years from the end of the 15-year span of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) it is already plain that progress has been patchy and that the larger goals will not be met. The scale and profile of the MDGs will make them subject to eventual success or failure judgments and 'lessons learned' analyses, but the evidence of the past decade and current trajectories are sufficient to reveal our conceptual and operational shortcomings and the ki…
Human security and development in Africa
There has been a recent rise in optimism about Africa's prospects: increased economic growth; renewed regional and national political commitments to good governance; and fewer conflicts. Yet, given current trends and with less than eight years until 2015, Africa is likely to fail to meet every single one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Home to almost one-third of the world's poor, Africa's challenges remain as daunting as ever. Despit…
The Politics of Poverty and Debt in Africa's Aids Crisis
Bibliographie / Bibliography
Spies, Amanda: Continued state liability for police inaction in assisting victims of domestic violence: a reflection on the implementation
Sustainable development and the struggle for LGBTI social inclusion in Africa
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Agenda 2063 chart a new development pathway for Africa. ‘Leaving no one behind’, or full social inclusion, is central to this effort. What will this mean for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI) people in Africa who are among the most socially excluded members of the population? This article explores this through a discussion framed by the concept of social inclusion and the com…
When Bodies Remember
No reason yet exists to suggest that the HIV epidemic is significantly slowing down anywhere in Africa. Each day of continuing spread adds to the ramifications and duration of its devastating impact. The statistics on the toll that the epidemic has already exacted paint a grim picture, as do the forecasts of the consequences that are still anticipated to unfold over the medium to long term. Communities across the continent are experiencing a day-…
The Global Aids Fund
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS offers great promise as an instrument of global action to address the devastating effects of the disease. Yet the enormity of its promise also speaks to the scope of its mission: to facilitate the financing by governments, corporations, philanthropical bodies and individuals of a massive effort to address the epidemic that has to date outpaced previous efforts at effective control. A key challenge is to devise a gove…
Global health and the politics of governance
(2002). Global health and the politics of governance: An introduction. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 191-195
Poverty, Aids and the Politics of Response in Africa
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Africa's Aids crisis in context
The 13th International Conference on AIDS held in Durban, South Africa, highlighted the social catastrophe unfolding on the African continent. The meeting took place in the country with the largest number of people infected by HIV - the virus that causes AIDS - on the continent that is home to 70% of the world's HIV-infected population. The cruel irony of the unfolding human tragedy is that Africa is also the least equipped region in the world to…
The Politics of Poverty and Debt in Africa's Aids Crisis
Aids in Africa
The Global Aids Fund
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS offers great promise as an instrument of global action to address the devastating effects of the disease. Yet the enormity of its promise also speaks to the scope of its mission: to facilitate the financing by governments, corporations, philanthropical bodies and individuals of a massive effort to address the epidemic that has to date outpaced previous efforts at effective control. A key challenge is to devise a gove…
Global health and the politics of governance
(2002). Global health and the politics of governance: An introduction. Third World Quarterly: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 191-195
Poverty, debt and Africa's HIV/Aids crisis
As Africa enters its third decade of structural adjustment pressures, the promised advantages of economic restructuring—as hailed by the various lending bodies— have not been forthcoming. The indelible picture emanating from the continent is one of a people relegated to a position of extreme poverty as state managers and the international community either fail to, or seem unable to, pursue policies that will secure the basic needs of its citizens…
The Socioeconomic Context of Africa’s Vulnerability to Hiv/Aids
although the proximate cause of africa’s aids crisis is hiv, the underlining societal causes are much broader and familiar. across the continent, poverty structures not only the contours of the pandemic but also the outcome once an individual is infected with hiv. thus, until poverty is reduced there will be little progress with either reducing transmission of the virus or creating an enhanced capacity to cope with its socioeconomic consequences.…
HIV/Aids financing
No
Introduction
Journal Article Introduction: 25 years of living with HIV/AIDS: challenges and prospects Get access NANA K. POKU, NANA K. POKU 1John Ferguson Professor of African Peace and Conflict Studies in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford. He was formerly Director of the United Nations Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa. He is also the Programme designer and leading manager of the International Development Association…
Meeting the challenges to scaling up HIV/Aids treatment in Africa
AIDS-related morbidity and mortality not only affects individuals and their families, but is rapidly undermining African states' capacity to develop. Stemming the impacts of the pandemic has therefore become a major concern. This calls for meeting the needs for care and support of those affected, and increasing the access of persons living with HIV/AIDS to effective treatment. Provision of such complex medication in resource-limited settings is a…
Human security and development in Africa
There has been a recent rise in optimism about Africa's prospects: increased economic growth; renewed regional and national political commitments to good governance; and fewer conflicts. Yet, given current trends and with less than eight years until 2015, Africa is likely to fail to meet every single one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Home to almost one-third of the world's poor, Africa's challenges remain as daunting as ever. Despit…
When Bodies Remember
No reason yet exists to suggest that the HIV epidemic is significantly slowing down anywhere in Africa. Each day of continuing spread adds to the ramifications and duration of its devastating impact. The statistics on the toll that the epidemic has already exacted paint a grim picture, as do the forecasts of the consequences that are still anticipated to unfold over the medium to long term. Communities across the continent are experiencing a day-…
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The Millennium Development Goals
The prospect for the MDGs cannot be reduced to the sum of the eight goals, divorced from international dynamics, the hard interests of states and the global dynamics that impact on both, or from the complexities and intractability of widespread poverty and its consequences. The legacies and controversies of previous international development initiatives also beset perceptions of, and support for, the MDGs. However, the wholly inclusive nature of …
The Millennium Development Goals and Development after 2015
Five years from the end of the 15-year span of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) it is already plain that progress has been patchy and that the larger goals will not be met. The scale and profile of the MDGs will make them subject to eventual success or failure judgments and 'lessons learned' analyses, but the evidence of the past decade and current trajectories are sufficient to reveal our conceptual and operational shortcomings and the ki…
HIV/Aids, State fragility, and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1308
When, in 2000, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) discussed a global response to the growing HIV/AIDS pandemic, it was the first time in the institution's history that its members had debated a non-mandated issue. The preserve of this institution had, until then, been focused on preventing wars and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Yet the mounting evidence on the societal impacts of HIV/AIDS was no less devastating for af…
African Youth Cultures in a Globalized World
How should the post-2015 response to Aids relate to the drive for universal health coverage
The drive for universal health coverage (UHC) now has a great deal of normative impetus, and in combination with the inauguration of the sustainable development goals, has come to be regarded as a means of ensuring the financial basis for the struggle against HIV and AIDS. The argument of this paper is that such thinking is a case of 'the right thing at the wrong time': it seriously underestimates the scale of the work against HIV and AIDS, and t…
Aids , Sociology of
The entry offers a symbolic analysis of the social construction and signification of HIV/AIDS as one of the major pandemics in modern history. Central to this constructionist (and postmodern) analysis, we assert that sociological theorizing has contributed to some central insights regarding the discursive formations used by the public health paradigm for the surveillance of bodies and governmentality of the epidemic. Key symbols that have dominat…
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