- Author
- YRG CARE, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Horizons Program
- Title
- Expanding Care and Support in South India: Scaling Up YRG CARE's Patient-Centered Approach
- Imprint
- Population Council, January 2004, 52 pp
- Abstract
"The number of new HIV infections in India is rapidly increasing and the health care system is already seeing a substantial increase in the demand for services. There are reports that people living with HIV and AIDS (PLHA) in India face severe discrimination and stigmatization and have limited access to appropriate care for HIV-related health problems. To prepare for increasing demands on health care resources due to HIV-related disease and to ensure that patients seeking care do not encounter stigma and discrimination, this study examines the experiences of Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), a Chennai-based NGO, which
provides an integrated continuum of prevention, care, and support services for PLHA in a country with an emerging HIV/AIDS epidemic. In this report, the authors examine the process of scaling up YRG CARE’s patient-centered approach and how this had led to the enhanced provision of care and support services at four selected sites in South India. The research employed a comparative case study approach using data collected at the four scale-up sites. Specifically, data were collected through situation assessments, process documentation, and in-depth interviews with scale-up partner staff and others at baseline (January 2000) and two years later (January 2002). At the end of the project, the scale-up partners participated in a data interpretation workshop, which resulted in the synthesis of key findings across the project sites."