A situation analysis puts the HIV epidemic in its social, economic, and cultural context in a given country. It looks at who is infected or is vulnerable to infection, and tries to explain why. It looks for explanations not just in people’s behaviour, but in the social, economic, and cultural situations which underlie that behaviour.
1. Introduction -- 2. Responsibilities -- 3. The situation analysis process -- 4. Next step: towards the response analysis -- 5. Bibliography.
