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The HIV Blind Spot: Men and HIV Testing, Treatment and Care in Sub-Saharan Africa

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Evidence shows that men are significantly underrepresented in HIV and AIDS testing and treatment services – both in sub-Saharan Africa and globally. HIV policies within sub-Saharan Africa also have insufficient focus on ensuring national HIV responses encourage men to test, access anti-retroviral treatment and support the disproportionate burden of HIV care on women. Addressing these challenges is important for everyone's sake and must be approached within a context of addressing power differentials between men and women at all levels. This includes challenging the broader patriarchal power structures in which gender plays out, such as the assumption that care work is ‘women's work’ and therefore less valued, and the rigidity of gender norms that encourage men to participate in risk-taking behaviours that put their life and the life of those around them in jeopardy.

Source: IDS Bulletin

DOI: 10.1111/1759-5436.12068

Authors: Tim Shand, Hayley Thomson-de Boor, Wessel van den Berg, Dean Peacock, Laura Pascoe

Institutions: Sonke Gender Justice, Promundo, Promundo

Language: English

Topic: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Gender equality, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2011670385

FWCI: 4.588

Cites: 38

Cited by: 94

Related to: 10