Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : HIV/AIDS, growth and poverty in KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa: an integrated survey, demographic and economy-wide analysis | Journal of the International AIDS Society BioMed Central Research HIV AIDS growth and poverty in KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa an integrated survey demographic and economy-wide analysis James Thurlow1 2 Jeff Gow 3 4 and Gavin George5 Address 1International Food Policy Research Institute Washington DC USA 2Department of Economics University of Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark 3School of Accounting Economics and Finance University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba Australia 4Health Economics and HIV AIDS Research Division HEARD University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban South Africa and 5HEARD University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban South Africa Email James Thurlow - Jeff Gow - gowj@ Gavin George - georgeg@ Corresponding author Open Access Published 16 September 2009 Received 17 July 2009 Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009 12 18 doi 1758-2652-12-18 Accepted 16 September 2009 This article is available from http content 12 1 18 2009 Thurlow et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background This paper estimates the economic impact of HIV AIDS on the KwaZulu-Natal province and the rest of South Africa. Methods We extended previous studies by employing an integrated analytical framework that combined firm surveys of workers HIV prevalence by sector and occupation a demographic model that produced both population and workforce projections and a regionalized economy-wide model linked to a survey-based micro-simulation module. This framework permits a full macro-microeconomic assessment. Results Results indicate that HIV AIDS greatly reduces annual economic growth mainly by
