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Living with HIV as donor aid declines in Tanzania
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Living with HIV as donor aid declines in Tanzania

Meredith G. Marten
Medical Anthropology, Vol.39, pp.197-210
39
2020
PMID: 31465244
Web of Science ID: WOS:000483654300001

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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.

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