Living with HIV as Donor Aid Declines in Tanzania |
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Authors: | Meredith G Marten |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Anthropology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, USAmgmarten@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1879-721X |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTFluctuations 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. |
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Keywords: | Tanzania chronicity donor aid HIV |
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