Co-infected Diseases and State Health Policy

The emergence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has led to the growth of co-infection with other illnesses including tuberculosis. Many states are now attempting to address the problems presented with co-infected patients from a variety pathogens. In particular sub-Saharan Africa has suffered exponentially more from HIV and TB co-infection than other parts of the world. Thus, why have Botswana and South Africa not created national health policies to treat these diseases together? The following describes the process of how World Health Organization recommendations are translated into state policy. While donorship and international policy alterations create strong punctuations, the incremental processes continues to determine when policy emerges in a state.

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Margaret Schmidt graduated from Lawrence University in 2012 focusing on international affairs and public health. She is currently pursuing a law degree at the University of New Hampshire School of Law and a Masters of Public Health at the University of New Hampshire Graduate School in Manchester.