Worksheet6: Selecting the best public policy solution

Date: Group Members:

Your problem (phrase): HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

1. List the three public policy alternatives from Worksheet 5. Create a short word or abbreviation to summarize each policy and write it at the end of each policy (see example).

1. training program for peacekeeping forces.

2. trust fund for treatment clinics

3. Members send doctors

2. Use the format in the example to complete the matrix below:

EFFECTIVENESS	FEASIBILITY
		HIGH	MEDIUM	LOW
	HIGH			Trust fund for treatment clinics
	MEDIUM		Training program for peacekeeping forces.	Members send doctors
	LOW

3. Discuss the reasons for your decisions in the matrix.

Training peacekeeping forces in HIV/AIDS prevention is the most feasible of the three and would have some effect on reducing the spread of AIDS across the region. Money for more treatment clinics is perhaps the most effective but given today’s world economy it has low feasibility. Many member states have a shortage of doctors and medical personnel to spare, making this a low feasibility solution.

4. Discuss why your group prefers one alternative over the other two alternatives.

Our group prefers choice #1 because although it may not be the most effective solution, it has the most feasibility of the three proposed solutions.