Burma and Cambodia

Human Rights, Social Disruption, and the Spread of HIV/Aids

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ID12440285
AuthorsChris Beyrer (0000-0003-0665-9124, Johns Hopkins University, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume2
Issue4
Pages84-84
Publication date1998-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth and Human Rights (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1079-0969 • E-ISSN: 2150-4113
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/4065188
PMID10347369
OpenAlexW2279240983
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited2

The debate around the issues raised by HIV/AIDS and human rights has largely focused on the protection from rights violations of individuals or groups affected by the disease. The relationship between political and social conditions where human rights abuses are frequent and the spread of HIV infection has been less studied. Two countries in Southeast Asia, Burma and Cambodia, are currently undergoing serious and uncontrolled epidemics of HIV; both are marked by political cultures of state violence and corruption, chronic civil war and insurgency, and widespread human rights violations. This article attempts to investigate associations between rapid HIV spread and political and social crises, using Burma and Cambodia as case studies. The climate and context of rights abuses are seen as significant factors of national vulnerability to the epidemic spread of HIV/AIDS

Context (archaeology · Criminology · Development economics · Economic growth · Geography · Human rights · Political science · Politics · Socioeconomics · Sociology · State (computer science · Vulnerability (computing · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Cambodian History and Society · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law

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