[Download] "Expenditure Patterns on Food and Non-Food Items in HIV/AIDS Affected and Non-Affected Households in Kisumu District, Kenya (Report)" by Agriculture, Nutrition and Development African Journal of Food # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

📘 Read Now     📥 Download

eBook details

• Title: Expenditure Patterns on Food and Non-Food Items in HIV/AIDS Affected and Non-Affected Households in Kisumu District, Kenya (Report)
• Author : Agriculture, Nutrition and Development African Journal of Food
• Release Date : January 01, 2010
• Genre: Industries & Professions,Books,Business & Personal Finance,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 297 KB

Description

INTRODUCTION The AIDS epidemic is having an enormous effect on households, as seen with increased medical and health expenditures, funeral expenses and decreased income. Reducing food consumption quantity and quality may be a highly erosive "coping" strategy, as nutrient requirements rise following HIV infection. The result is a loss of savings, assets and property in the affected households. Household expenditure constitutes 51 percent of the total health financing, and HIV/AIDS imposes significant additional costs [1]. This problem is magnified when the infected person is the breadwinner. Absenteeism from work due to poor health as the disease progresses affects household income. Consequently, affected households are poorer than they would be without HIV/AIDS. About 56 percent of the population in Kenya lives below the poverty line, subsisting on less than one dollar per person per day [2]. The disease pushes affected households deeper into poverty. The vicious cycle of HIV/AIDS and poverty reduces resources that would otherwise be invested in health and education of children, depleting the country of human capital in both the present and next generations.

Books Free Download "Expenditure Patterns on Food and Non-Food Items in HIV/AIDS Affected and Non-Affected Households in Kisumu District, Kenya (Report)" PDF ePub Kindle