Article Review - Neoliberal plague: AIDS and global capitalism

1) The author states that Southern Africans are highly knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS and often know more than their Western counterparts. If this is the case, why do most programs focus on education and awareness? From the authors perspective, why have behavior change strategies ultimately failed?

2) How does the author discuss individual choice in the contexts of labor migration and commercial sex work?

3) How does the author describe the impact of neoliberal policies? What do global economic policies have to do with HIV/AIDS? What are some examples that the author uses to support his argument? *Neoliberalism is a political philosophy whose advocates support free trade and open markets, privatization, deregulation, and decreasing the size of the public sector (government services) while increasing the role of the private sector in modern society. --from Wikipedia

4) AIDS is not a disease, it is a symptom - a symptom of an unjust global order What does the author mean? What do you think about this pronouncement?

5) What does the author offer as solutions? What do you think about them?