Publication Date
June 2007
This article and case study demonstrate work being done in Zambia to ensure that the needs of people with disabilities are met by HIV and AIDS services, so that they have full access to the treatment, care and support available. Provisions include sign language training for HIV and AIDS counsellors, making mobility aids and hearing aids available to those who need them, as well as improving food security and encouraging a sustainable livelihoods approach. This would be of interest to anyone looking at mainstreaming disability in the provision of HIV and AIDS services
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Keywords
Disability and social diversity; persons with disabilities; Research; data collection; Disability and community; organisations of persons with disabilities (ODP); Health; systems: service delivery; Inclusion; inclusion and mainstreaming; Rehabilitation; therapeutic (treatment); social determinants of health; persons living with HIV/aids
