HIV/AIDS, Climate Change and Disaster Management: Challenges for Institutions in Malawi.

by Pablo Suarez, Precious Givah, Kelvin Storey and Alexander Lotsch

- Southern African institutions involved in disaster management face two major new threats: the HIV/AIDS pandemic and climate change. Analyzing the combined effects of these two threats on six disaster-related institutions in Malawi, the authors find evidence of a growing gap between demand for their services and capacity to satisfy that demand.

Suarez, P., P. Givah, K. Storey and A. Lotsch (2008). "HIV/AIDS, climate change and disaster management: challenges for institutions in Malawi." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper WPS 4634, May 2008.