The Situations Of Hivaids Infected And Affected People In Dessie Town Amahara Regional State Ethiopia

The population structure of Dessie town is one of the main towns in Amahara regionalrnstate of Ethiopia where the young constitutes the largest proportion. The situation ofrnHIV/AIDS in the region is one of the worst is the country with persistently highrnprevalence. It is estimated about three thousand HIV/AIDS infected people are found andrnOrphans and vulnerable children (OVC) are considered some of the groups most heavilyrnaffected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the town. A combination of quantitative andrnqualitative methods was used to investigate the situations of HIV/AIDS infected andrnaffected people in the town. For the quantitative part, survey questionnaire was utilized,rnand focused group discussion as well as key informant interview was used to collectrnqualitative data. Both qualitative and quantitative findings show that there is luck ofrnsufficient access to basic services like food, health care, Shelter, education and economicrnsupport for HIV/AIDS infected and affected people in the town. There is lack ofrncoordination of efforts and resources among the stakeholders. Programs and projects havernalso been identified as being developed without studies and response analysis of thernbeneficiaries. Therefore, the study findings suggest the recommendations basically therncoordination, follow up and control of HIV/AIDS activities in Dessie town should bernstrengthened

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