People with disabilities and the AIDS pandemic: making the link

HIV AIDS Policy Law Rev. 2008 Dec;13(2-3):75-6.

Abstract

People with disabilities are at a heightened risk of contracting HIV, yet they are not being reached by prevention and treatment campaigns. In this article, based on a presentation made at a concurrent session at the conference, Shonali Shome and Myroslava Tataryn examine the ways people with disabilities are excluded from HIV/AIDS programs; what is being done to address the gap; and what remains to be done.

Publication types

  • Newspaper Article

MeSH terms

  • Disabled Persons*
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Kenya / epidemiology
  • Uganda / epidemiology