IGO-NGO Relations and HIV/AIDS: Innovation or Stalemate?
In: Third world quarterly, Band 16, Heft 3, S. 459-476
ISSN: 0143-6597
An examination of the problem of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) followed by a discussion of the efforts of the Global Programme on AIDS to coordinate intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) & nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as they attempt to address the AIDS issue. Regardless of how the AIDS question is framed (as a medical, socioeconomic, or human rights problem), it requires the involvement of transnational actors. Although NGOs have set up international AIDS conferences & networks, they are still crippled by mistrust & heterogeneity. It is concluded that although NGOs are much better equipped than governments to handle international AIDS issues, they too have many limitations that need to be addressed by the international community. 2 Graphs. M. Wagner