TY - JOUR
T1 - Vietnamese Women's Struggle to Access Antiretroviral Drugs in a Context of Free Treatment
AU - Nguyen, Nam Thi Thu
AU - Rasch, Vibeke
AU - Bygbjerg, Ib Christian
AU - Mogensen, Hanne Overgaard
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - This qualitative study aims to explore how HIV positive women living in a northern province of Vietnam experience seeking antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in the public health system, and how they address obstacles encountered along the way. Despite the fact that antiretroviral drugs were freely provided, they were not always accessible for women in need. A variety of factors at the population and health system level interacted in ways that often made access to ARV drugs a complicated and time-consuming process. We have suggested changes that could be made at the health system level that may help facilitate women's ability to access treatment.
AB - This qualitative study aims to explore how HIV positive women living in a northern province of Vietnam experience seeking antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in the public health system, and how they address obstacles encountered along the way. Despite the fact that antiretroviral drugs were freely provided, they were not always accessible for women in need. A variety of factors at the population and health system level interacted in ways that often made access to ARV drugs a complicated and time-consuming process. We have suggested changes that could be made at the health system level that may help facilitate women's ability to access treatment.
U2 - 10.1080/07399332.2012.755979
DO - 10.1080/07399332.2012.755979
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23394322
SN - 0739-9332
VL - 34
SP - 209
EP - 226
JO - Health Care for Women International
JF - Health Care for Women International
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