The economics effects of HIV/AIDS on the housekeeping in rural sub-Saharan Africa. An exploration
1995
Carrin, G. (World Health Organisation, Geneve (Switzerland). Division of Intensified Cooperation)
Women and children belong to the population categories that are most affected by the risk of contracting HIV/ AIDS. In this article, we study the economic effects of HIV/ AIDS on women and their families in rural sub-Saharan Africa. It is important to be well-informed about the way families cope with the presence of HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS programmes can then better finetune their content to the reality of the family economy. Economic incentives can be established in order to reduce the HIV/ AIDS incidence. The most important incentives we discuss are the improvement of health care for the HIV/AIDS patient via home-based care, the increase of income of women, and the guarantee of education for children in poor HIV/ AIDS-affected families.
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