Hiv/aids pandemic and national security

Year : 2025 | Volume : 15 | Issue : 02 | Page : 53 66
    By

    Iyanda Kamoru,

  1. Researcher, Department of history and in international studies, Federal university gashua, yobe state, Nigeria

Abstract

The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is disease caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), whose clinical manifestation results in the failure of the Immune system to function normally to protect the individual from being attacked or threatened by diseases. The world’s attention was drawn to the first observed case in 1981 and a second in 1982 in two different socio-cultural and economic settings and the world then fails to foresee the impact this disease might have on global health and socio-economic development as well as the consequent effect on national security. As such little attention was paid to it and the disease continued to spread across borders and affecting productive population of nations and has of recent evolved into a pandemic constituting the greatest global health and development challenges as well as threats to national security and international peace. HIV continues to swallow the active labour force in all economies including those responsible for national security and international peace operations. This chapter highlights some of the impacts of this disease on socio-economic development and a consequent effect on national security. Data was collected through primary and secondary sources and 80 persons were interviewed-20 HIV positive women, 15 medical practitioners and 45 others drawn from other fields of endeavour. Findings revealed that stigmatisation, economic situations and so on, as the major factors in the spread of HIV/AIDS, while the socio-economic and national security implications include among others loss of trained personnel for socio-economic development and national security. The chapter is divided into seven parts: introduction, a framework for analysis, origin and prevalence of HIV, HIV prevalence in Nigeria, HIV-socio-economic development and national security, Nigeria’s response, conclusion and recommendation.

Keywords: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), pandemic, diseases, socio-economic development and national security, HIV.

[This article belongs to Research and Reviews : A Journal of Immunology ]

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Iyanda Kamoru. Hiv/aids pandemic and national security. Research and Reviews : A Journal of Immunology. 2025; 15(02):53-66.
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Regular Issue Subscription Review Article
Volume 15
Issue 02
Received 13/01/2025
Accepted 22/03/2025
Published 27/05/2025
Publication Time 134 Days
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