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    Mind the gap: HIV and AIDS and older people in Africa

    HelpAge International, 2008
    At a time in their lives when many older people might expect to be cared for by their own children, a growing number, particularly women, are taking on caring roles for younger adults living with HIV, and for orphans and vulnerable children.
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    The Equal Sharing of Responsibilities Between Women and Men, Including Care-giving in the Context of HIV/AIDS

    2008
    How can we explain why care-giving responsibilities are not equally shared between men and women? Although analysing the private sphere can help account for such inequalities it is also important to understand how wider ideologies and belief systems, and inadequacies of policy and politics, also shape the way care-giving is constructed and determine the gender division of responsibilities.
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    Caring From Within: Key Findings and Policy Recommendations on Home-based Care in Zimbabwe

    Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information and Dissemination Service, 2009
    In Zimbabwe, as in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, home-based care (HBC) plays a vital role in the response to HIV, as overwhelmed public health systems fail to meet care needs. Traditionally, the care-giving role has been performed by women, although male participation has increased moderately in recent years as a result of deliberate efforts by HBC programmes.
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    Gendered Home-based Care in South Africa: More Trouble for the Troubled

    African Journals Online - AJOL, 2006
    This study investigates the experiences of primary care-givers of people living with HIV in two semi-rural communities in South Africa. Ethnographic methods were used to collect and analyse data on the gendered nature and consequences of care-giving.
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    Reducing the Burden of HIV and AIDS Care on Women and Girls

    Voluntary Services Overseas, 2006
    Community and home-based care, delivered with little support from the public health system, is currently the key response to the HIV and AIDS pandemic globally. Due to traditional gender norms and unequal gender relations, it is women and girls who generally assume primary responsibility for providing this care, whilst possibly being HIV-positive, and often needing care themselves.
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    Expanding the Care Continuum for HIV/AIDS: Bringing Carers into Focus

    Population Council, 2004
    Who cares for the carers? This question is at the heart of this paper, which sets out to provide a review of existing literature on unpaid care work in the context of HIV and AIDS. What it found was a resounding silence; that the role of women in HIV care outside the health sector is largely taken for granted by policymakers and programme planners.