ArticleJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
Paying to Normalize Life: Monetary and Psychosocial Costs of Realizing a Normal Life in the Context of Free Antiretroviral Therapy Services in Uganda.
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- Ethical issues surrounding the implementation of long-acting injectable antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa.International health · 2025Article
- Distance as explanatory factor for sexual health centre utilization: an urban population-based study in the Netherlands.European journal of public health · 2021Article
- 'You Are Always Worried and Have No Peace, You Cannot Be a Normal Adolescent': A Qualitative Study of the Effects of Mental Health Problems on the Social Functioning of Adolescents Living with HIV in Uganda.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
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Abstract
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is considered the treatment that enables people living with HIV (PLHIV) to lead a "normal life". In spite of the availability of free treatment, patients in resource-poor settings may continue to incur additional costs to realize a normal and full life. This article describes the monetary expenses and psychosocial distress people on free ART bear to live normally. We conducted in-depth interviews with 50 PLHIV on ART. We found that the demands of treatment, poverty, stigma, and health-system constraints interplay to necessitate that PLHIV bear continuous monetary and psychosocial costs to realize local values that define normal life. In the context, access to free medicines is not sufficient to enable PLHIV in resource-poor settings to normalize life. Policy makers and providers should consider proactively complementing free ART with mechanisms that empower PLHIV economically, enhance their problem-solving capacities, and provide an enabling environment if the objective of normalizing life is to be achieved.
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