期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2021
卷号：11
期号：2
页码：202-211
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i2/8663
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：This paper aims to assess the challenges facing people living with HIV/AIDS in getting social support in Kano state, Nigeria and its effect on their daily life and health status. The study is qualitative and the data were therefore collected from 12 participants using the interview technique as an instrument for data collection and were finally analysed using Atlas. ti People living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Disease Syndrome usually face some challenges depending on the environment they live in. Some of the major challenges facing people living with HIV/AIDs worldwide include stigma and discrimination. Discrimination could be in terms of education, employment, marriage, friendship, social interaction and the rest. But the findings of the research clearly showed that there are laws and policies made by the government to protect the right of people living with HIV/AIDS in the state this reduced significantly the level of stigma and discrimination against PLWHA. The patients were employed in both public and private sectors, they had an equal educational opportunity and they had free access to social amenities as well as healthcare facilities in the state. They also got free antiretroviral therapy. Nevertheless, people living with HIV/AIDs were facing some challenges that are peculiar to their environment which involved: lack of involvement of religious leaders in the state HIV/AIDS affairs, lack of viral load test gadgets, withdrawal of international donors, At the end of this paper, recommendations will be made on how to truncate the challenges facing PLWHA in the state.
