Go Top What is the gist of the Tough Choices scenario?
Tough choices tells a story in which African leaders choose to take tough measures that reduce the spread of HIV in the long term, even if it means difficulties in the short term. This scenario shows that, even with fluctuating aid, economic uncertainty, and governance challenges, collectively, Africa can lay the foundation for future growth and development, and reduce the incidence of HIV. In Tough choices, the AIDS epidemic is seen as part of the crisis of underdevelopment and actions are taken by each nationin the context of limited domestic resources and stagnant overseas development assistance flowsto tackle underdevelopment and to find development models that suit their particular needs and environment. The spread of HIV means that difficult choices come into even clearer focus. However, solutions are devised not as a response to AIDS, but with the goal of securing sustained, more autonomous development. Governments insist that HIV and AIDS are tackled as part of an overall, cohe
