Beyond the barriers : HIV prevention and treatment in South African public sector - a Western Cape Science Communication Study

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This work provides a comprehensive overview of the South African HIV/AIDS epidemic. Itexamines the historical and social background of the HIV/AIDS situation and looks at theimportance of the media and science communication in combating the effects of the epidemicon society. This research explores the different forms of health communication and the variedbenefits of each. Overall, it highlights positive media efforts that have helped redirect theHIV/AIDS epidemic within the social and political context of the HIV epidemic in SouthAfrica. The second half of this work covers the challenges experienced in gaining publicsectorantiretroviral treatment and the roles the media have played in informing andmobilizing society for these efforts. Through a community clinic ethnographic case study thiswork explores the current state of treatment clinics, social challenges experienced in theUsapho Lwethu Clinic of Gugulethu and the future of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in SouthAfrica.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University