Title:
Addressing Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and Needs of Women Living With HIV in Nepal
Authors:
Lama, Reena
Year:
2015
PAGE:
v, 39
Language:
En
Subject:
Governance & HIV and AIDS
Keywords:
HIV, Women Living with HIV, WLHIV, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, SRHR, Pregnancy, Nepal
Abstract:
Background: Women living with HIV (WLHIV) like women in general are equally entitled to their sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) and requires additional support during their reproductive life due to HIV. Nepal is yet to acknowledge WLHIV’s SRHR using rights based approach. Objective: To identify SRHR and needs of WLHIV, factors that affect their accessibility of SRHR and services in Nepal so as to provide recommendations to National Centre for AIDS and STD Control, Family Health Division to improve their quality of life. Methodology: Literature review and analysis on WLHIV’s SRHR and services from Nepal and other low to middle income countries was carried out using a socio ecological framework. Findings/Results: SRHR of WLHIV have been continuously violated and the following influencing factors were identified: intrapersonal such as low information about SRHR; interpersonal like poor attitude and behaviour from family, reinforcement from support groups; institutional like poor attitude and behaviour of health care providers; community like gender biases; policy like challenges in national law, policies and strategies. Conclusion: Nepal needs to address WLHIV’s SRHR in law, national HIV and FP strategies and implement SRHR programmes with a rights based approach to improve the SRHR of WLHIV. Recommendations: Strategies like country-specific SRH/HIV integrated programme, inform WLHIV about SRH rights, train health care providers about SRHR and needs, sensitising families and communities.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
,
VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institute)
Country:
Nepal
Region:
Southern Asia
Training:
Master of Public Health / International Course in Health Development (MPH/ICHD)
Category:
Research
Right:
© 2015 Lama
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
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