Disabled people have often been excluded from HIV prevention as well as AIDS care efforts as a result of an aggregation of various taboos and myths. It is often presumed that disabled people are not sexually active and at no risk of infection. At the same time they have less access to education and social opportunities, which prevents them from being in touch with preventive information and resources. The result of all this is that the exposure of disabled people to the main risk factors of HIV-AIDS is higher compared to non-disabled population. At the same time, while people living with AIDS have a higher survival rate due to medical advances, a frequent consequence is that there are an increasing number of disabilities secondary to the disease itself or its pharmacological treatment, indicating emerging needs and the need for mainstream services to respond adequately.
Leaving disabled people out of mainstream HIV-AIDS prevention and care is shortsighted. Given the rapid growth of the epidemic and the size of the global disabled population; the AIDS crisis cannot be addressed successfully unless individuals with disability are routinely included in all HIV-AIDS prevention, treatment and outreach efforts! Local rehabilitation teams, disabled people and their families share the same fears and risks as the rest of the general public with regard to the virus. They urgently need to receive accessible and appropriate information on HIV-AIDS.
Leaving disabled people out of mainstream HIV-AIDS prevention and care is shortsighted. Given the rapid growth of the epidemic and the size of the global disabled population; the AIDS crisis cannot be addressed successfully unless individuals with disability are routinely included in all HIV-AIDS prevention, treatment and outreach efforts! Local rehabilitation teams, disabled people and their families share the same fears and risks as the rest of the general public with regard to the virus. They urgently need to receive accessible and appropriate information on HIV-AIDS.
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