scholarly journals People living with HIV/AIDS and the utilization of home-based care services

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (20) ◽  
pp. 3166-3174 ◽  
Author(s):  
O Oguntibeju O ◽  
T Ndalambo K ◽  
Mokgatle Nthabu M
Keyword(s):  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Home Based Care ◽  
Hiv Aids

A pilot assessment of water, sanitation, hygiene and home-based care services for people living with HIV/AIDS in rural and peri-urban communities in South Africa

2007 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 125-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Potgieter ◽  
R. Koekemoer ◽  
P. Jagals
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Home Based Care ◽  
Hiv Aids

A short-term assessment of water, sanitation, hygiene and home-based care services in two rural and two peri-urban communities in South Africa was made using specially designed questionnaires. The results from this assessment indicated the shortcomings of various sections in the service provision to people affected and living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. This paper is a summarised version of the assessment and aims to give an indication of the inadequacies of some of these services.

scholarly journals Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Hospitalization and Home-Based Care Strategies for People Living with HIV/AIDS: The Case of Zimbabwe

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senelani D. Hove-Musekwa ◽  
Farai Nyabadza ◽  
Hermane Mambili-Mamboundou ◽  
Christinah Chiyaka ◽  
Zindoga Mukandavire
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Epidemiological Model ◽  
Transmission Model ◽  
People Living With Hiv ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Living With Hiv ◽  
Home Based Care ◽  
Hiv Aids

The model of care of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) has shifted from hospital care to community home-based care (CHBC) because of shortage of space in hospitals and lack of resources. We evaluate the costs and benefits of home-based care and other HIV/AIDS intervention strategies in Zimbabwe, using an interdisciplinary approach which weaves together the techniques of an epidemic transmission model and economic evaluation concepts. The intervention strategies considered are voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), VCT combined with hospitalization (H), VCT combined with CHBC, and all the interventions implemented concurrently. The results of the study indicate that implementing all the strategies concurrently is the most cost-effective, a result which also agrees with the epidemiological model. Our results also show that the effectiveness of a strategy in the epidemiological model does not necessarily imply cost-effectiveness of the strategy and behaviour change, modelled by the parameters p and m, that accompanied the strategies, influencing both the cost-effectiveness of an intervention strategy and dynamics of the epidemic. This study shows that interdisciplinary collaborations can help in improving the accuracy of predictions of the course and cost of the epidemic and help policy makers in implementing the correct strategies.

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
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