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Title: | Challenges facing community home-based care programmes in Botswana |
Authors: | Odek, Antony W. Oloo, James A. |
Year: | 2007 |
Periodical: | Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review (ISSN 1027-1775) |
Volume: | 23 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | June |
Pages: | 1-18 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Botswana Southern Africa |
Subjects: | health care self-help AIDS Medicine, Nutrition, Public Health Community-based social services AIDS (Disease)--Patients Home care services Palliative treatment |
External link: | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eastern_africa_social_science_research_review/v023/23.2odek.pdf |
Abstract: | The rapid rise in incidences of HIV/AIDS in Botswana has resulted in an increasing need for community home-based care (CHBC) programmes and thus many CHBC services have been established, though in disorganized and fragmented manners. Based on literature research, this paper identifies and discusses challenges facing CHBC programmes in Botswana. The findings indicate that poverty, high cost of community care, inadequate medical facilities, poor infrastructure and sociocultural issues have threatened the sustainability of CHBC programmes in Botswana. Recommendations and policy options are also discussed. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] |