Livelihoods, health and HIV & AIDS
Poor health can severely affect a household and the livelihood outcomes of its members. As well as affecting the individual and their ability to work, other household members are likely to devote time caring for the ill, leaving less time for productive activities or education. More…
Latest Additions
Improving responses to HIV and AIDS in the workplace
- ( Lotte Ghielen / STOP AIDS NOW! , 2009)
-
For a number of years, STOP AIDS NOW! and its partners have been investing in stimulating workplace responses among civil society organisations (CSOs) to HIV and AIDS. This report, published by STO...
- Building resilient communities
- ( D. Hegney;H. Ross;P. Baker;et al. / Learning for Sustainability , 2008)
-
How can a sense of community contribute to the resilience of individuals and groups? This toolkit is designed to be used by programme coordinators such as community workers, health professiona...
Household coping strategies and illness in rural China
- ( S. Ding;Y. Chen;L. Feng / Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp , 2008)
-
This paper reviews literature on the prevalence of illness and household coping strategies in rural China, and determines the questions needed to be answered through further research.
<... - A livelihoods perspective on the delivery of health care in resource-poor settings
- ( B. Obrist;N. Iteba;C. Lengeler / Public Library of Science Medicine , 2007)
-
This paper highlights the increasing need for providing high quality goods and service delivery in health care in resource-poor settings, especially in Africa. It further suggests additional effort...
- Challenges and policy options presented by HIV/AIDS to agriculture
- ( R. Slater;S. Wiggins / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2005)
-
This article explores the challenges posed for agriculture by HIV and AIDS and considers a range of policy options. The impact of HIV and AIDS is first considered at a household level. HIV and AIDS...
