The Response to HIV/AIDS and the Construction of National Legitimacy: Lessons from Uganda
Justin O. Parkhurst,
Justin O. Parkhurst
Lecturer in Health Systems at the Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK).
Search for more papers by this authorJustin O. Parkhurst,
Justin O. Parkhurst
Lecturer in Health Systems at the Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK).
Search for more papers by this authorThe author would like to thank the anonymous reviewers of the journal for helpful comments on an earlier draft.
Abstract
Uganda faces continual challenges as a low-income nation reliant on international donors and non-state actors. It was also one of the first countries to face a population-wide HIV epidemic, a disease that can strain state capacity to its limits. One would expect that such a combination would weaken the governance structures in a developing country; yet, if anything, the Ugandan state has emerged from its HIV crisis with its legitimacy bolstered. This article reviews the Ugandan response to HIV/AIDS, analysing the ways in which the epidemic has provided a new arena for the Ugandan state to engage with international actors.
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