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Aging with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa - Health and Psychosocial Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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Aging with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa - Health and Psychosocial Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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With the development of effective antiretroviral therapies (ART) in
the mid-1990s, HIV became a treatable although serious condition,
and people who are adherent to HIV medications can attain normal or
near-normal life expectancies. Because of the success of ART,
people 50 and older now make up a majority of people with HIV in
high-income countries and other places where ART is accessible. The
aging of the HIV epidemic is a global trend that is also being
observed in low- and middle-income countries, including countries
in sub-Saharan Africa, where the greatest number of older people
with HIV reside (3.7 million). While globally over half of older
adults with HIV are in sub-Saharan Africa, we have little
information about the circumstances, needs, and resiliencies of
this population, which limits our ability to craft effective policy
and programmatic responses to aging with HIV in this region. At
present, our understanding of HIV and aging is dominated by
information from the U.S. and Western Europe, where the
epidemiology of HIV and the infrastructure to provide social care
are markedly different than in sub-Saharan Africa. Aging with HIV
in Sub-Saharan Africa addresses this gap in our knowledge by
providing current research and perspectives on a range of health
and psychosocial topics concerning these older adults from across
this region. This volume provides a unique and timely overview of
growing older with HIV in a sub-Saharan African context, covering
such topics as epidemiology, health and functioning, and social
support, as well as policy and program implications to support
those growing older with HIV. There are very few published volumes
that address HIV and aging, and this is the first book to consider
HIV and aging in sub-Saharan Africa. Most publications in this area
focus on HIV and aging in Uganda and South Africa. This volume
broadens the scope with contributions from authors working in West
Africa, Botswana, and Kenya. The range of topics covered here will
be useful to professionals in a range of disciplines including
psychology, epidemiology, gerontology, sociology, health care,
public health, and social work.
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