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Title: | Empirical evidence of the spread of HIV/AIDS in a rural area in Cameroon (Africa) |
Author: | Nji, Ajaga |
Year: | 1999 |
Periodical: | African Anthropology (ISSN 1024-0969) |
Volume: | 6 |
Issue: | 1 |
Period: | March |
Pages: | 32-54 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Cameroon |
Subjects: | AIDS Health and Nutrition |
External link: | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/aa/article/view/23078 |
Abstract: | The empirical evidence provided by this exploratory study shows that HIV/AIDS in the rural areas of Cameroon is not a myth, but reality, and that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is spreading fast. The data derive from the laboratory department of a prominent local hospital and cover the period from June 1989 to June 1993. The data for HIV-positive cases were analysed by gender, age, marital status, occupation, and residence. The author notes, amongst others, that HIV/AIDS patients tend to see or present themselves as healthy and 'normal' and seek to maintain anonymity as best they can. This is consistent with the theory of 'avoidance coping behaviour' advanced by Joanne Stein for persons diagnosed as HIV-positive in Johannesburg, South Africa (1996). The author also discusses the macro effects of HIV/AIDS and the implications for research and for social and health policy. In the case of the AIDS team at the study site, lack of funds and transportation for diagnosis, education, counselling and logistic support to disseminate the results of its work, are amongst the most urgent problems that need solution. Bibliogr. |