Birth in the age of AIDS : women, reproduction and HIV/AIDS in India /

Birth in the Age of AIDS is a vivid and poignant portrayal of the experiences of HIV-positive women in India during pregnancy, birth, and motherhood at the beginning of the 21st century. The government of India, together with global health organizations, established an important public health initia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Hollen, Cecilia Coale
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) in pregnancy > India.
Pregnant women > Services for > India.
HIV-positive women > Services for > India.
HIV infections > Transmission > India > Prevention.
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > India.
Childbirth > Social aspects > India.
Medical anthropology > India.
AIDS (Disease)
Medical anthropology.
HIV (Viruses)
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Anthropology, Medical
HIV Infections > prevention & control
HIV Infections > transmission
HIV
Pregnant Women > psychology
Sida chez la femme enceinte > Inde.
Femmes enceintes > Services > Inde.
Séropositives > Services > Inde.
Sida > Aspect social > Inde.
Sida.
Anthropologie médicale.
Virus de l'immunodéficience humaine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
AIDS (Disease) in pregnancy
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects
Childbirth > Social aspects
HIV-positive women > Services for
Medical anthropology
Pregnant women > Services for
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Birth in the Age of AIDS is a vivid and poignant portrayal of the experiences of HIV-positive women in India during pregnancy, birth, and motherhood at the beginning of the 21st century. The government of India, together with global health organizations, established an important public health initiative to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child. While this program, which targets poor women attending public maternity hospitals, has improved health outcomes for infants, it has resulted in sometimes devastatingly negative consequences for poor, young mothers because these women.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 274 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.
ISBN:9780804786140
0804786143

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