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 What is the connection between HIV and poverty? :: FAQ |
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What is the connection between HIV and poverty? | | 
01:38' PM - Tuesday, 20/10/2009 | | | Poverty and HIV are closely linked, for poverty is both a cause and a consequence of HIV infection.
Poor people infected with HIV are considerably more likely to become
sick and die faster than the non-poor since they are likely to be
malnourished, in poor health, and lacking in health attention and
medications. Furthermore, HIV can exacurbate inter-generational poverty
by impoverishing surviving orphans (often forcing them out of school,
thus limiting their livelihood options), by fragmenting or dissolving
households and by decimating the fragile asset base of the poor. In so
doing HIV can worsen economic inequality in the society as a whole.
Action is required to strengthen HIV prevention, treatment, and
mitigation while simultaneously recognizing the role that poverty
reduction efforts have in the fight against HIV. Specific steps should
be taken to further mainstream HIV interventions into national and
local development plans, including Viet Nam’s own socio-economic plans
and the Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS) as
well as in national and provincial/local budgetary allocations.
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