Issues in Evaluating Knowledge-Based HIV/AIDS Programmes: Perspectives from Nigeria and South Africa

Nearly 40 million people worldwide are living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) with just 12% of those who urgently need treatment receiving it. South Africa and Nigeria are the two countries with the highest number of cases of HIV infections in the world. A knowledge divide has been identified as a major factor in the increase of HIV/AIDS in these two countries. Research also suggests that HIV/AIDS organizations are not working together to address this problem and that there is no overall coordination and no system to share knowledge within and across these organizations. This paper outlines the issues that need to be considered and suggests that knowledge management can be used to help evaluate the management of HIV/AIDS programs both in Nigeria and in South Africa.