Living with HIV as donor aid declines in Tanzania

Marten, M. G. (2019). Living with HIV as donor aid declines in Tanzania. Medical Anthropology. doi:10.1080/01459740.2019.1644334

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Title: Living with HIV as donor aid declines in Tanzania
Contributor(s): Marten, Meredith G. (author)
Located In: Medical Anthropology
ISSN: 1545-5882
Date: 2019
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2019.1644334
Use/Reproduction: 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
Abstract: Fluctuations in global health funding can significantly impact the lives of people who depend on donor-funded programs for life-long care. In this article, I examine shifting HIV policies that expanded antiretroviral therapy (ART) while reducing “care” services meant to improve ART access and adherence. I describe how these changes were experienced by HIV+ women accessing ART at a hospital in Tanzania in 2011–2012, highlighting their increasing precarity and uncertainty for care amidst donor instability and eroding program services. This research suggests that stable funding in support of long-term care services is important to help HIV+ people maintain life-long ART.
Subject(s): Tanzania
chronicity
donor aid