Repositori URV

Identifier: TDX:912

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX912

Authors:
González Martínez, Maria Jose

Abstract:
This Thesis intend to study the cultural, social, religious, economical, sexual and political aspects that prevent HIV / AIDS positive pregnant woman with a seroestatus of HIV positive participate in the HIV / AIDS PMTCT programs in a project of Doctors Without Border Switzerland at the Chamanculo hospital and neighborhood of Maputo in Mozambique. The information was collected from different sources: Materials, articles published in Medical Anthropology and social sciences journals and books, WHO, UNAIDS agencies, International and local NGO and other relevant media report. There are not specific methods of the disciplines; I used qualitative research techniques and quantitative methods. The public health measures taken to prevent HIV / AIDS mother to child transmission should be applied to the father and the mother to child prevention program. The increased of HIV / SIDA Pediatric cases is a dramatic consequence of the insufficient work done in the program to prevent mother to child transmission. The disclosure of HIV condition to the partner is a prevention strategy of the epidemic that should be carefully evaluated and applied to the two members of a couple, attempting to avoid the negative consequences to the persons that try to disclosure of HIV condition in all over the world and specially in Mozambique.