Socio-economic Challenges And Coping Mechanisms Of Home Based Caregivers For People Living With Hiv/aids In Njoro Sub County, Kenya

AIDS scourge has put to test the capacity of Kenya’s health delivery system to meet the ever increasing number and needs of AIDS related illnesses and complications for equitable and humane treatment. This has led the government to rely on home-based care to fill the gap. Home-based care giving is well-recognized as the majority of care work due to illness takes place in the homes for a number of reasons, including the lack of a coordinated public policy addressing care needs, limited health infrastructure and human resources, and the preference of patients. The purpose of the study was to det…