The end of AIDS? HIV and the new landscape of illness in rural South Africa
Sanyu A. Mojola, Nicole Angotti, Danielle Denardo, Enid Schatz, Frédéric Olive
Abstract
diagnosis because it is seen as easier to manage, more responsive to medication, and less dangerous compared to diseases like cancer, hypertension, and diabetes. Viewed through this comparative lens, dying from AIDS elicits stigmatising individual blame. We find that blame persists despite community acknowledgement of structural barriers to ART adherence. Setting the ending of AIDS within its wider health context sheds light on the complexities of the epidemiological and health transitions underway in much of the developing world.
Topics & Concepts
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Rural populationGeographyRural areaMedicineEconomic growthPopulationSocioeconomicsEnvironmental healthSociologyVirologyEconomicsPathologyHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsHIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health