AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE ON HIV/AIDS

ABSTRACT

The goal of this study is to determine how public health expenditure affects the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Annual time series data from 1981 to 2021 are used in the study. Unit root test, granger causality test, fixed and random effect panel estimation were used to examine the data. The outcome demonstrates that public health spending has a detrimental impact on HIV/AIDS prevalence. Education, unemployment, and economic development are the other elements that are discovered to be significant determinants of HIV/AIDS in Sub- 10 Saharan Africa. According to the study, rather than maintaining a narrow focus on biomedical interventions, service providers need to incorporate a culturally responsive, trauma-informed, holistic approach that includes both reducing barriers that limit vocational development and employment opportunities and tailoring services to the complex interpersonal and social needs of those most impacted by HIV.