Disability Grant: a precarious lifeline for HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa
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Disability Grant: a precarious lifeline for HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa
BACKGROUND In South Africa, HIV/AIDS remains a major public health problem. In a context of chronic unemployment and deepening poverty, social assistance through a Disability Grant (DG) is extended to adults with HIV/AIDS who are unable to work because of a mental or physical disability. Using a mixed methods approach, we consider 1) inequalities in access to the DG for patients on ART and 2) i...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0870-8