Food Crisis, Household Welfare and HIV/AIDS Treatment : Evidence from Mozambique
Using panel data from Mozambique collected in 2007 and 2008, the authors explore the impact of the food crisis on the welfare of households living with HIV/AIDS. The analysis finds that there has been a real deterioration of welfare in terms of inc...
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| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Summary: | Using panel data from Mozambique
collected in 2007 and 2008, the authors explore the impact
of the food crisis on the welfare of households living with
HIV/AIDS. The analysis finds that there has been a real
deterioration of welfare in terms of income, food
consumption, and nutritional status in Mozambique between
2007 and 2008, among both HIV and comparison households.
However, HIV households have not suffered more from the
crisis than others. Results on the evolution of labor force
participation suggest that initiation of treatment and
better services in health facilities have counter-balanced
the effect of the crisis by improving the health of patients
and their labor force participation. In addition, the
authors look at the effect of the change in welfare on the
frequency of visits to a health facility of patients and on
their treatment outcomes. Both variables can proxy for
adherence to treatment. This is a particularly crucial issue
as it affects both the health of the patient and public
health, because sub-optimal adherence leads to the
development of resistant forms of the virus. The paper finds
no effect of the change in welfare on the frequency of
visits, but does find that people who experienced a negative
income shock also experienced a reduction or a slower
progression in treatment outcomes. |
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