Battling AIDS through home care in Uganda and Zambia.
Innovative home care programs, providing a variety of services to persons with HIV infection and their families and reflecting different health, political, cultural, social, and philosophical concepts, have been developed in Africa, starting in 1987. In 1989 the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Programme on AIDS conducted a descriptive study of some of these programs. It is hoped that these experiences will assist planners and health care providers in their decision making and thereby benefit persons with HIV infection and their families. The lessons learned about the context, backgrounds, structure, process, and outcome of the six selected home care programs can be used and adapted by policymakers and program planners in their own settings when deciding on "their" model of home care.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004526:Efficiency; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005380:Financing, Government; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D016730:Program Development; D014454:Uganda; D015024:Zambia