The hidden battle

HIV/Aids in the household and community

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5937293
AutoresCosmas Desmond (0000-0002-3500-0196, University of KwaZulu-Natal, autor de correspondencia), Chris Desmond, Karen Michael (0000-0003-0061-2739, University of KwaZulu-Natal), Jeff Gow (0000-0002-5726-298X)
Año2000
Volumen7
Número2
Páginas39-58
Fecha de publicación2000-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSouth African Journal of International Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1022-0461 • E-ISSN: 1938-0275
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10220460009545312
OpenAlexW2081603434
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

The AIDS epidemic will cause significant increases in illness and death in prime‐age adults, which will manifest itself through negative social, economic and developmental impacts. The epidemics economic impacts at the household level are decreased income, increased health‐care costs, decreased productive capacity and changing expenditure patterns. Three coping strategies are observed: altering household composition; withdrawing savings or selling assets; and receiving assistance from other households. Following death, the impacts break out of the family into the community, primarily through orphaning. In the near future, the sheer number of orphans may overwhelm the capacity of existing community resources to cope. The distribution of the impacts of the AIDS epidemic falls unevenly among the genders. In Africa, women have higher infection rates and bear a disproportionate burden of the care of HIV‐positive people. Orphaned girls are more vulnerable to exploitation

Battle · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Socioeconomics · Child Nutrition and Water Access · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare