BACKGROUND: There have been only limited studies assessing the economic burden of HIV/AIDS in terms of direct costs, and there has been no published study related to productivity costs in Nepal. Therefore, this study explores in detail the economic burden of HIV/AIDS, including direct costs and productivity costs. This paper focuses on the direct costs of seeking treatment, productivity costs, and related factors affecting direct costs, and productivity costs. METHODS: This study was a cross-sectional, quantitative study. The primary data were collected through a structured face-to-face survey from 415 people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV). The study was conducted in six representative treatment centres of six districts of Nepal. The data ana...
This paper explores some of the key issues and challenges of government HIV/AIDS prevention and trea...
HIV/AIDS emerged in the last three decades as visible threat to health and the socio-economic condit...
This paper reviewed socio-economic impacts of HIV/AIDS at household, agriculture, firms’ level, labo...
Background: There have been only limited studies assessing the economic burden of HIV/AIDS in terms ...
Thousands of people are infected with HIV/AIDS in Nepal and most of them are adults of working age. ...
The first case of HIV/AIDS in Nepal was reported in 1988. Since then, the HIV epidemic has moved fro...
Context HIV is chronic, stigmatizing disease that has the microeconomic and macroeconomic implicati...
Objective:the main objective of this study is to identify the influencing role of political and econ...
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-127).This study was aimed at examining the economic ...
Poor rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa have been affected most by HIV/AIDS pandemic. This pape...
Background objectives: Previous research has documented the substantial household economic impact of...
Background: Since the beginning of 21st century, several Asian countries started implementing their ...
It is estimated that by 2001 20 million people had died from AIDS, which is now the world´s fourth b...
Introduction: Undoubtedly, HIV/AIDS is one of the most important emerging infectious disease in the ...
Background: Though financial and policy level efforts are made to expand antiretroviral treatment (A...
This paper explores some of the key issues and challenges of government HIV/AIDS prevention and trea...
HIV/AIDS emerged in the last three decades as visible threat to health and the socio-economic condit...
This paper reviewed socio-economic impacts of HIV/AIDS at household, agriculture, firms’ level, labo...
Background: There have been only limited studies assessing the economic burden of HIV/AIDS in terms ...
Thousands of people are infected with HIV/AIDS in Nepal and most of them are adults of working age. ...
The first case of HIV/AIDS in Nepal was reported in 1988. Since then, the HIV epidemic has moved fro...
Context HIV is chronic, stigmatizing disease that has the microeconomic and macroeconomic implicati...
Objective:the main objective of this study is to identify the influencing role of political and econ...
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-127).This study was aimed at examining the economic ...
Poor rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa have been affected most by HIV/AIDS pandemic. This pape...
Background objectives: Previous research has documented the substantial household economic impact of...
Background: Since the beginning of 21st century, several Asian countries started implementing their ...
It is estimated that by 2001 20 million people had died from AIDS, which is now the world´s fourth b...
Introduction: Undoubtedly, HIV/AIDS is one of the most important emerging infectious disease in the ...
Background: Though financial and policy level efforts are made to expand antiretroviral treatment (A...
This paper explores some of the key issues and challenges of government HIV/AIDS prevention and trea...
HIV/AIDS emerged in the last three decades as visible threat to health and the socio-economic condit...
This paper reviewed socio-economic impacts of HIV/AIDS at household, agriculture, firms’ level, labo...