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Gender Case Study HIV/AIDS

Gender Case Study HIV/AIDS. AMR-APARD, Hyderabad. Ill health affects both men and women Women are more seriously affected because: Lack of access & control over resources Women are taken to treatment only when serious Treatment, less effective at that stage

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Gender Case Study HIV/AIDS

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  1. Gender Case Study HIV/AIDS AMR-APARD, Hyderabad

  2. Ill health affects both men and women • Women are more seriously affected because: • Lack of access & control over resources • Women are taken to treatment only when serious • Treatment, less effective at that stage • Women provide care when anybody is ill at home, she doesn’t get attention when she is sick • A huge portion of women and girls in India are anaemic

  3. HIV in the context of Stark Poverty • Kurla, Mumbai • Home – 6 feet x 6 feet on foot path • Municipal Corporation demolished it • Husband used to work as plumber – Rs.3000/- a month • 4 years ago fell sick – HIV+ • Wife sold gold worth Rs. 10,000/- • Medicines worth Rs.800/- a month – used for 4 months and then discontinued.

  4. He accesses medicine from government now • But falls sick frequently – diarrhoea • Wanted to commit suicide • NGO prevented and is supporting them • Now wife is also sick – still works – earning less • Spends on X-rays and CD4 tests. • Borrowing money from houses where she is working.

  5. Questions about Case Study • What forms of support would help this woman and her family? • Which of these forms of support are already being provided by government? Which parts of government are providing them? Why is this support not reaching all who need it? • Which additional forms of support could be provided by government?

  6. What went wrong in their lives? • Is the corporation responsible for their condition? • Why is she borrowing money – would that be available forever • Why is she still working when she is also HIV+ and sick

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