DC CFAR Investigator at American University, Rachel Sullivan Robinson, PhD has published a new book through Cambridge University Press entitled, "Intimate Interventions in Global Health: Family Planning and HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa".
In this book, Dr. Robinson argues that both globally and locally, those working to prevent HIV borrowed and adapted resources, discourses, and strategies used for family planning. By combining statistical analysis of all sub-Saharan African countries with comparative case studies of Malawi, Nigeria, and Senegal, Robinson also shows that the nature of countries' interactions with the international community, the strength and composition of civil society, and the existence of technocratic leaders influenced variation in responses to HIV. Specifically, historical and existing relationships with outside actors, the nature of nongovernmental organizations, and perceptions of previous interventions strongly structured later health interventions through processes of path dependence and policy feedback.
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