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Enhancing household capacity to respond to HIV and AIDS

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UNDP (United Nations Development Programme). 2007. Enhancing household capacity to respond to HIV and AIDS. New York.

Enhancing household capacity to respond to HIV and AIDS

Currently, most effective responses to HIV/AIDS have been community and national driven. Now it has become apparent that people play a key role as individuals and as members of social systems such as families in effectively responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. As such the Report will focus on enhancing the capacity of households to fight HIV/AIDS at the household level. In analysing household capacity in the context of HIV/AIDS, the Report will address the following issues: Information, knowledge and practices of the households in relation to causes of HIV/AIDS and prevention; Gender roles; Social capital; Creating a conducive physical environment for chronically ill AIDS patients; Provision of adequate nutrition; Access to treatment; Economic status of the households and Care and support to OVC.