scholarly journals Water, sanitation and hygiene in community based care: implications for wellbeing for people living with HIV/AIDS/TB in Durban, South Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
C. Mulopo ◽  
O. Akintola
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Sanitation And Hygiene ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals HIV/AIDS Competent Households: Interaction between a Health-Enabling Environment and Community-Based Treatment Adherence Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. e0151379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Masquillier ◽  
Edwin Wouters ◽  
Dimitri Mortelmans ◽  
Brian van Wyk ◽  
Harry Hausler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Treatment Adherence ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Enabling Environment ◽  
Adherence Support ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Educating the Heart: Fostering Hope Through Theatre in the AIDS Crisis in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghan Ward
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
International Development ◽  
Healing Process ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Aids Crisis ◽  
Theatrical Representation ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
International Development Studies ◽  
Hiv Aids

With approximately 5.3 million people living with HIV/AIDS, South Africa has the highest HIV­ prevalence rate in the world. HIV tends to strike the most vulnerable people in society, and is often associated with high risk behaviours, which inevitably leads to stigmatization. Through an integration of theatre and development theory, I propose to investigate the potential of using theatre as a community event that raises awareness of collective issues and that offers new hope to people living with HIV. I suggest that theatre can educate the heart and put a human face on HIV/AIDS, thus catalyzing a healing process at the community level. By targeting township youth, those who are currently driving the virus, an interactive theatre style, such as participatory methodology, can effectively move beyond didactic education. In participatory theatre, the target group is incorporated into the theatrical representation of their circumstances through the performance of personal testimonies associated with HIV. Here, the power of theatre lies in its ability to produce individual reactions in the audience, which ultimately result in a collective experience and elevated consciousness through the discussion that ensues. The community is thus empowered to engage in a new ap proach to HIV/AIDS. Can such a performance prevent further infections by exposing the consequences and realities of living with AIDS? While a test­case would be ideal in the affirmation of these ideas, I hope to bring a new approach to community theatre through a combination of theories from both theatre and international development studies.

scholarly journals An Afro-Christian ministry to people living with HIV/Aids in South Africa

2005 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matsobane J. Manala
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
World View ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
Persons Living With Hiv ◽  
Pain And Suffering ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The Church ◽  
Hiv Aids

The HIV/Aids pandemic is cause for great frustration to the developing countries in their attempts to improve the quality of life of their citizens. HIV/Aids in South Africa demands a specific approach to the Christian ministry in which the African world-view is acknowledged. In order for the church to play a relevant and meaningful role in combating the HIV/Aids pandemic, it is necessary that the church should be informed of the existential situation of persons living with HIV/Aids. This information is vital for raising awareness and engendering sensitivity among Christians. In the context of such awareness of and sensitivity to human pain and suffering, the community of the faithful should be moved to heed Christ’s call to show neighbourly love. The possible role of the church in caring for those who are already infected with HIV is defined.

The Validity of the Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Symptom Screener (SAMISS) in People Living with HIV/AIDS in Primary HIV Care in Cape Town, South Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1133-1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Breuer ◽  
Kevin Stoloff ◽  
Landon Myer ◽  
Soraya Seedat ◽  
Dan J. Stein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

Home-Based Caregiving for People Living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 697-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa M. Mieh ◽  
Juliet Iwelunmor ◽  
Collins O. Airhihenbuwa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Association between stigma, depression and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in South India – a community based cross sectional study

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bimal Charles ◽  
Lakshmanan Jeyaseelan ◽  
Arvind Kumar Pandian ◽  
Asirvatham Edwin Sam ◽  
Mani Thenmozhi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
South India ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals The Impact of HIV/AIDS Regarding Informal Social Security: Issues and Perspectives from a South African Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 407
Author(s):  
Clarence Itumeleng Tshoose
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Security ◽  
South African ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Social Reciprocity ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Hiv Aids

The purpose of the article is to examine the right to social assistance for households living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. In particular, the article focuses on the impact of this pandemic on households' access to social assistance benefits in the wake of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which has wrought untold sorrow and suffering to the overwhelming majority of households in South Africa. The article analyses the consequences of HIV/AIDS in relation to households' support systems, care and dependency burdens, and the extent to which the household members either acknowledge the illness (enabling them to better engage with treatment options) or alternatively, deny its existence. The article commences by reviewing the literature concerning the effects and social impact of HIV/AIDS on the livelihoods of households and their families. The social reciprocity that underpins households' livelihoods is briefly recapitulated. The article concludes that, while recent policy developments are to be welcomed, the current South African legal system of social security does not provide adequate cover for both people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. More remains to be done in order to provide a more comprehensive social security system for the excluded and marginalised people who are living with HIV/AIDS and their families.

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