Health services in countries with high rates of HIV are being asked to provide more care to more seriously ill people than ever before. Yet at the same time the health services' ability to provide this care is reduced through absenteeism and losses of health personnel to HIV disease and AIDS.
This session will examine the issues relating to HIV infection and health personnel. Nurses, midwives, physicians, lab technicians, and others may be exposed to HIV both through their work and in their personal lives.
The situation in several African countries in terms of HIV infection rates and the implications for the health services will be reviewed, as well as some options for improving the health services' ability to cope with the growing demand for care of HIV disease and AIDS.
Learning Objectives: To provide information on the impact of AIDS on health workers in an African country
Keywords: HIV/AIDS, Health Service
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.