Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS on Households [electronic resource]
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TextPublication details: New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (255 p.)ISBN: - 9789351500896 (electronic bk.)
- 9351500896 (electronic bk.)
- AIDS (Disease) -- Economic aspects
- AIDS (Disease) in children -- Patients -- Family relationships
- HIV infections -- Economic aspects
- HIV-positive persons -- Family relationships -- Economic conditions
- AIDS (Disease) -- Economic aspects
- HIV infections -- Economic aspects
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
- 362.19697 23
- RA643.8
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Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 -- About HIV/AIDS; 2 -- Income and Employment; 3 -- Inflow and Outflow of Household Income; 4 -- Health and Medical Expenditure; 5 -- The Way Ahead; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Glossary; References; Index; About the Author
This book addresses an issue of international, national and local importance-HIV/AIDS-an issue where the predominant attention is on the humanitarian and developmental catastrophe that it is accused of leading to, particularly in the developing world. The book, based on a first-of-its-kind study conducted in Goa (India), will be of great assistance to researchers as well as policy makers. It will assist policy makers in assessing the (in)adequacy of the measures taken by the government, NGOs and donors in combating the scou.