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by Rick James and CABUNGO, July 2005
The annual death toll from HIV/AIDS now exceeds 3 million people – this is akin to the destruction of a tsunami every single month. In Malawi the rate of HIV prevalence in adults is almost one in four people (23%), and life expectancy has dropped below 39 years. This is having a profound impact on development in Malawi.
Yet surprisingly most CSOs in Malawi are still turning a blind eye to the impact of HIV/AIDS in their own organisation. This is partly because, although individual staff are highly aware of HIV/AIDS issues, the internal impact on their own organisation is not very visible yet. Most CSOs do not yet fully appreciate the extent of what mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in their organisation means. We believe that if the programming side of an organisation is going to be effective, it is critical for an organisation to put its own house in order and mainstream HIV/AIDS internally.
