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1.2 Concepts of Home-Based Care for PLHA
The common misconception that people with HIV/AIDS will only benefit from highly specialised treatment, coupled with a general fear of contagion, has often resulted in vertical AIDS programmes, with a disproportionate emphasis on prevention, and with care being restricted to dedicated institutions. Evidence from other countries indicates that this approach, which encourages the attitude that PLHA should be segregated from the community, is inappropriate, unsustainable and unethical.
The common misconception that people with HIV/AIDS will only benefit from highly specialised treatment, coupled with a general fear of contagion, has often resulted in vertical AIDS programmes, with a disproportionate emphasis on prevention, and with care being restricted to dedicated institutions. Evidence from other countries indicates that this approach, which encourages the attitude that PLHA should be segregated from the community, is inappropriate, unsustainable and unethical.