Impacto do HIV/SIDA sobre a segurança alimentar e sua relação com a pobreza: estudo com enfoque nos distritos rurais com postos de vigilância epidemiológica do HIV em Moçambique

Abstract

It is increasingly evident that the HIV/AIDS epidemic affects all sectors of society. Its impacts are multidimensional and systematic, which could threaten efforts to reduce food insecurity and poverty in Mozambique. This study analyzes the relationship between HIV/AIDS and food security, and how it behaves in a context dominated by poverty. Based on three data sources, Mozambican Vulnerability Assessment (1999/2000), Epidemiological Surveillance, 2002 Round and Mozambique Poverty Mapping: Disaggregating Poverty and Inequality Estimates to District and Administrative Post Levels (2002), was critical. the application of the statistical method of bivariate analysis (simple correlation). This analysis indicates that there is a statistically significant relationship between HIV/AIDS and self-sufficiency in food, suggesting that the increase in the HIV prevalence rate will imply a reduction in the self-sufficiency in food supply of the affected households. However, the study did not find a significant association between poverty and self-sufficiency in food. The study identifies that poor families, women, vulnerable and orphaned children, the elderly and the disabled are the population groups most vulnerable to worsening food security due to the underlying effects of HIV/AIDS. These and other aspects discussed throughout the study raise some findings regarding the need to strengthen the harmonization of strategies to combat HIV/AIDS, reduce food insecurity and poverty in Mozambique.(TRADUÇÁO NOSSA)