Facial reconstruction

Search LJMU Research Online

Browse Repository | Browse E-Theses

Economic Burden of HIV/AIDS upon Households in Nepal: A Critical Review

Poudel, AN, Newlands, D and Simkhada, P (2015) Economic Burden of HIV/AIDS upon Households in Nepal: A Critical Review. Nepal Journal of Epidemiology, 5 (3). ISSN 2091-0800

[img]
Preview
Text
Economic Burden of HIVAIDS Upon Households in Nepal- A Critical Review.pdf - Published Version

Download (880kB) | Preview

Abstract

Thousands of people are infected with HIV/AIDS in Nepal and most of them are adults of working age. Therefore, HIV/AIDS is a big burden in Nepal. This review was conducted to find the existing knowledge gap about the economic burden of HIV/AIDS at the household level in Nepal, the extent of economic burden exerted by the disease, and to provide policy recommendations. It is concluded that there was a considerable knowledge gap about the issue, and the economic burden exerted by HIV/AIDS was big enough to push the affected households into poverty. It is suggested that more studies need to be conducted to fill the knowledge gap. Similarly, Government of Nepal and other organisations working in the field of HIV/AIDS need to provide economic supports (e.g.- support for travel costs) to the HIV positive people and need to increase the awareness level among general population for reducing stigma and discrimination, and reducing economic burden on them.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions: Public Health Institute
Publisher: Manipal College of Medical Sciences
Date Deposited: 02 Mar 2016 14:10
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2021 13:20
DOI or ID number: 10.3126/nje.v5i3.13608
URI: https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/3037
View Item View Item