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HIV/AIDS and family support systems: A situation analysis of people living with HIV/AIDS in Lagos State

机译：艾滋病毒/艾滋病和家庭支持系统：拉各斯州艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染者情况分析

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Current statistics about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria do not reveal the broader social and economic impacts of the disease on the family. The study therefore primarily aimed to address the socio-economic effects of HIV infection on individuals and their families. The study was carried out in Lagos State. In-depth interviews were employed to collect information from 188 people living with HIV/AIDS through support groups in the state, while four focus group discussions were conducted to elicit information from people affected by AIDS about the socio-economic impacts of HIV/AIDS on families in Nigeria. From the survey, among people living with HIV/AIDS, 66% of females and males were in the age group 21–40 years, while 10% were older people above 60 years of age. Findings revealed that as HIV/AIDS strikes at parents, grand parents are assuming responsibility for bringing up the children of the infected persons and the orphans of those killed by the virus. It was striking that some of the older caregivers could not meet the requirement of these children. They are often forced to work more than they would have, or borrow in order to cope with the needs of these extra mouths. Some of the infected people have sold their properties to enable them to cope with the economic effects of the virus, while their children have had to drop out of school, since they could not afford the school fees and other related expenses. It was suggested that PLWHA should be economically empowered with adequate medical treatment, in order to reduce the impact of the disease on the family.
机译：尼日利亚有关艾滋病毒/艾滋病流行病的最新统计数据并未揭示该疾病对家庭的更广泛的社会和经济影响。因此，该研究主要旨在解决艾滋病毒感染对个人及其家庭的社会经济影响。该研究在拉各斯州进行。通过该州的支持小组，进行了深度访谈，从188名艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者中收集信息，同时进行了四次焦点小组讨论，以从受艾滋病影响的人们那里获得有关艾滋病毒/艾滋病对社会经济影响的信息。尼日利亚的家庭。根据调查，在艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染者中，有66％的男女年龄在21至40岁之间，而10％是60岁以上的老年人。调查结果表明，随着父母对艾滋病毒/艾滋病的袭击，祖父母正在承担抚养被感染者的孩子和被病毒杀死的孤儿的责任。令人惊讶的是，一些年长的照顾者不能满足这些孩子的要求。他们常常被迫去做比自己更多的工作，或者为了应付这些多余的嘴巴而借钱。一些受感染的人出售了他们的财产，以使他们能够应对病毒的经济影响，而他们的孩子不得不辍学，因为他们负担不起学费和其他相关费用。有人建议，应当从经济上赋予PLWHA适当的医疗权力，以减少该疾病对家庭的影响。

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