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'I believe that the staff have reduced their closeness to patients': an exploratory study on the impact of HIV/AIDS on staff in four rural hospitals in Uganda

Marjolein Dieleman*, Vincent Bwete, Everd Maniple, Mirjam Bakker, Grace Namaganda, John Odaga and Gert J van der Wilt

  • * Corresponding author: Marjolein Dieleman m.dieleman@kit.nl

  • † Equal contributors

BMC Health Services Research 2007, 7:205 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-205

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"Just like fever": a qualitative study on the impact of antiretroviral provision on the normalisation of HIV in rural Tanzania and its implications for prevention

Maria Roura, Alison Wringe, Joanna Busza, Benjamin Nhandi, Doris Mbata, Basia Zaba, Mark Urassa BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:22 (9 September 2009)

The uptake and positive effects of antiretroviral therapy (ART) within rural Tanzania is limited by discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS as a result of moral judgements about those with HIV within the community.