FMR special supplement

HIV/AIDS, security and conflict

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The interconnections between conflict and HIV/AIDS are more complex and less obvious than is often thought. HIV/AIDS affects the lives of many: those people caught up in conflict, those who are the protagonists in conflicts, and those whose role it is to provide security during and after conflict.

The AIDS, Security and Conflict Initiative (ASCI) undertook research over a number of years to examine the connections, to gather evidence and to advance analysis. This 32-page special FMR supplement presents a selection of the ASCI case-studies alongside a number of other articles on the subject – written by practitioners, policymakers and researchers – which were submitted in response to an FMR call for articles.

We would like to thank our Guest Editors, Pam Delargy of UNFPA and Jennifer Klot and
Dana Huber of SSRC, for all their work and assistance in the preparation and production
of this special supplement. We are grateful to both SSRC and UNAIDS for funding its production and dissemination.

The supplement is is being published in English and French, and is free of charge in print and online.

Please note that this special supplement will be distributed to our usual English and French mailing lists (with FMR 36 in November). If you usually receive FMR, you do not need to request it unless you require extra or multiple copies.

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Cover image
Kibati camp for displaced people, DRC.
Christian Als www.christianals.com

People displaced in conflict (and on return home) often find themselves in contact with people carrying weapons in various guises. Equally, people carrying weapons are themselves generally mobile, whatever their relation to a conflict or its aftermath. In particular, members of security forces in situations of forced displacement can be agents of positive change in relation to HIV and AIDS – or part of the problem.

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