impacts of HIV&AIDS on education, agricultural sector, and economy

 impacts of HIV&AIDS on education, agricultural sector, and economy

HIV&AIDS has both positive and negative effects on education. The effect is more severe to orphans. These children lack access to school because of financial constraints. At times the relatives to whom the children were left to cannot afford to educate them.

HIV is likely to reduce the number of primary and secondary school children by 22 and 14%, respectively. The high infant mortality rate due to HIV and AIDS  also reduces the number of children in school. It has also affected school teachers in terms of mortality, productivity, and costs that have negatively affected the quality and availability of education.

Many children are affected by those diseases since they live with sick parents and relatives in households; drained resources due to epidermic and those who have lost parents are less likely to go to school or continue with their education.

Links between parental deaths and children’s progress through school, Households that have experienced adult death have been found to delay the enrolment of younger children enrolled. The death of parents makes the children marry earlier, drop out of school to help support the family, and take on informal labor schemes.

The impacts of HIV and AIDS  on school teachers in terms of mortality productivity and costs have negatively affected the quality and availability of education.

In the agricultural sector, HIV has the following impacts. There is a consistent decline in on – and off-farm disposable household income. HIV significantly increases household expenditures and affects on – and off – profit,  and especially the availability of disposable cash, which largely determines the amount and quality of food that can be purchased.

HIV has eroded farm household resources and assets. Many households are forced to dispose of their savings and to sell their food crop, livestock, or even their land to sell their food crops, livestock, or even their property to cover medical care and funeral expenses.This has far-reaching consequences for food security and health.

Long-term changes in farming systems as household cultivation shifts cash crop from labor-intense to labor extensive but often also less nutritious agricultural produce.

The adverse effects of HIV on agriculture and rural development are manifested primarily as loss of labor supply, of on –and off-farm income and of assets. These can contribute to reducing d productivity, yields, and agricultural product.

HIV has resulted in a loss of labor, poor land use, increased pests, and plant diseases, livestock declined, and food insecurity. The affected and afflicted family, and the wider community feel the impact of HIV through reduced agricultural production.

HIV has impacted the economy in various ways. It has affected the taxable population. It severely weakens the taxable population, reducing the resources available for public expenditures such as education and health services not related to aids resulting in increasing pressure for the state’s finances and slower growth of the economy.

Relationship to the gross domestic product (GDP) Aids slow growth in the country, decreasing life expectancies and lowering the gross national product.

On the level of the households, Aids results in both the loss and increased spending on health care. However, if economic conditions aren’t right, a person with HIV may decide to become a sex worker to earn a living. As a result, more people become infected with Aids.

Increased mortality; the death of small children due to weak immune system. This makes the population of the country decrease hence leading to low revenue.