Socio-Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in Tamil nadu
Socio-Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in Tamil nadu
Socio-Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in Tamil nadu
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7.4 Observations<br />
• The prevalence rates <strong>of</strong> both nonhospitalised<br />
<strong>and</strong> hospitalised illnesses<br />
are higher for <strong>HIV</strong> households as<br />
compared to non-<strong>HIV</strong> households,<br />
<strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g a heavy burden <strong>of</strong> diseases<br />
on <strong>HIV</strong> households.<br />
• A good number <strong>of</strong> the sample PLWHA<br />
had gone <strong>in</strong> for the <strong>HIV</strong> test after<br />
suffer<strong>in</strong>g from prolonged illness like<br />
undiagnosed fever, tuberculosis or<br />
diarrhoea.<br />
• The burden <strong>of</strong> diseases generally<br />
<strong>in</strong>creases with the advance <strong>of</strong> stage<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>fection <strong>and</strong> the PLWHA have to<br />
spend a lot <strong>of</strong> money even when they<br />
undergo treatment from government<br />
hospitals.<br />
• In order to meet this burden, they not<br />
only have to dip <strong>in</strong>to their sav<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
but also have to borrow money. In<br />
the worst-case scenario, they have<br />
to resort to liquidation <strong>of</strong> assets. In<br />
fact, except for households <strong>in</strong> the<br />
highest <strong>in</strong>come group, all the rest<br />
have resorted to it.<br />
104 <strong>Socio</strong>-<strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>HIV</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>AIDS</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Tamil</strong> Nadu, India