Social work intervention in prevention and control of HIV/AIDS
Social Work Intervention in Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS
Introduction
In India, HIV which causes AIDS appeared much later than any parts of the world. However, the disease is spreading with unprecedented rapidity and has now emerged as a serious socio-economic and public health problem. HIV and AIDS is a term in today’s world that has become synonymous with epidemic. The truth is that the HIV/ AIDS pandemic have affected not only the adults but even the youth and the children. Hence, it becomes all the more important to know the various interventions in the prevention and control of HIV and AIDS so that we all are able to live a safe and long life. Stigma and discrimination towards the victim and the family are the major obstacles to effective HIV/AIDS prevention and control.
Social work has developed into a full-fledged profession and its methods and fields are quite diverse. The fields in which social services are rendered are gradually expanding and there is an increasing demand for such services as the non-availability of trained social workers affects the quality of services delivered to especially the HIV infected patients. Social workers play a major role in putting into practice the different kinds of intervention meant for people living with HIV and AIDS or to bring about the prevention and control of this deadly disease.
Need and Importance of Prevention and Control
According to the UNAIDS 2008 report, there has been a decline in the number of new HIV infection from 3 million in 2005 to 2.7 million in 2007. More so, the number of infected individual dying has fallen from 2.2 million in 2005 to 2 million in 2007. The number of people taking treatment for HIV has increased to 1 million in 2007. All these have been possible because of the awareness that has been disseminated to individual’s time and again by different agencies all over the world and that the infected person has realized the importance of preventing the virus and seeks treatment
Introduction
In India, HIV which causes AIDS appeared much later than any parts of the world. However, the disease is spreading with unprecedented rapidity and has now emerged as a serious socio-economic and public health problem. HIV and AIDS is a term in today’s world that has become synonymous with epidemic. The truth is that the HIV/ AIDS pandemic have affected not only the adults but even the youth and the children. Hence, it becomes all the more important to know the various interventions in the prevention and control of HIV and AIDS so that we all are able to live a safe and long life. Stigma and discrimination towards the victim and the family are the major obstacles to effective HIV/AIDS prevention and control.
Social work has developed into a full-fledged profession and its methods and fields are quite diverse. The fields in which social services are rendered are gradually expanding and there is an increasing demand for such services as the non-availability of trained social workers affects the quality of services delivered to especially the HIV infected patients. Social workers play a major role in putting into practice the different kinds of intervention meant for people living with HIV and AIDS or to bring about the prevention and control of this deadly disease.
Need and Importance of Prevention and Control
According to the UNAIDS 2008 report, there has been a decline in the number of new HIV infection from 3 million in 2005 to 2.7 million in 2007. More so, the number of infected individual dying has fallen from 2.2 million in 2005 to 2 million in 2007. The number of people taking treatment for HIV has increased to 1 million in 2007. All these have been possible because of the awareness that has been disseminated to individual’s time and again by different agencies all over the world and that the infected person has realized the importance of preventing the virus and seeks treatment