Comments - www.aidshulpmoetblijven.nl - Community life competence2024-03-29T08:12:44Zhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2028109%3ABlogPost%3A30122&xn_auth=noI did sign already. It also s…tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-11-30:2028109:Comment:301282010-11-30T20:01:28.808ZGastonhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/Gaston
I did sign already. It also shows somehow that we didn't succeed yet in showing that HIV is a key to the door of discussion of many other things in the communities. If we facilitate the AIDS response well, it will have impact on especially community responses to many other things. That multiplier is relatively high for HIV.<br />
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We are currently doing a Cost-effectiveness study in DR-Congo that assumes exactly this: The AIDS Competence Process increases the <b>capability</b> of communities and…
I did sign already. It also shows somehow that we didn't succeed yet in showing that HIV is a key to the door of discussion of many other things in the communities. If we facilitate the AIDS response well, it will have impact on especially community responses to many other things. That multiplier is relatively high for HIV.<br />
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We are currently doing a Cost-effectiveness study in DR-Congo that assumes exactly this: The AIDS Competence Process increases the <b>capability</b> of communities and therefore not only their AIDS response, but as well their Quality of Life in the wider sense. Capability here is defined by Amartya Sen as: “the alternative combinations of functionings that are feasible for [a person] to achieve.” Put differently, they are “the substantive freedoms he or she enjoys to lead the kind of life he or she has reason to value.”