Abstract
In the midst of the 2002/3 food crisis in Southern Africa social scientists De Waal and Whiteside (well known for their respective work on the social construction of famines and the socio-economic impacts of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa), hypothesised in the Lancet that the AIDS pandemic was triggering a ‘new variant famine’ across Southern Africa – a region characterised by recurrent severe food shortages and high adult HIV prevalence rates. This short review considers the applicability of the ‘new variant famine’ hypothesis to Malawi.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 136-137 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Malawi Medical Journal |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- Food insecurity
- New variant famine
- AIDS
- Malawi
