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The impact on households of HIV/AIDS
Chris Desmond and Jeff Gow Republished courtesy of ChildrenFirst Journal Dec 2001/Jan 2002 Vol 6 No 40
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Chris Desmond, Research Fellow, and Jeff Gow, Research Associate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Health Economics & HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), summarise a survey on the impact on households of adult illness and death and the taking in of orphans.
At the time of writing, no household studies specifically on the impact of HIV had been completed in South Africa, although a number were under way. For this reason, this paper draws on a study examining the implications of adult illness and death, and of taking orphans into a household. This survey was conducted in Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal, in 2000.
The overall objective of the survey was to investigate the impact of serious adult illness (a proxy for HIV) on family livelihoods in the greater Bergville community. This was to inform a project with the overall goal of 'Strengthening the capacity of vulnerable households and communities to respond to the economic, social, and health impact[s] of HIV/AIDS on their households.' (WorldVision, 1999: 9).
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