A short-term assessment [1] of water, sanitation, hygiene and home-based care services in two rural and two peri-urban communities in South Africa was made using specially designed questionnaires. The results from this assessment indicated the shortcomings of various sections in the service provision to people affected and living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa. This paper is a summarised version of the assessment and aims to give an indication of the inadequacies of some of these services [author abstract].

[1] Potgieter, N., Koekemoer, R., and Jagals, P. (2007). A pilot assessment of water, sanitation, hygiene and home-based care services for people living with HIV/AIDS in rural and peri-urban communities in South Africa. Water science & technology ; vol. 56, no. 5 ; p. 125–131. doi:10.2166/wst.2007.564

Related news: HIV/AIDS: water and sanitation assessment of home-based care clients Malawi and Zambia, Source Weekly, 10 Nov 2007

Related web site: IRC - Sanitation, water, hygiene and HIV/AIDS

Contact: Ms. N. Potgieter, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Venda, South Africa, nataspo@yebo.co.za, http://www.univen.ac.za/somans/microbiology/microbiology.php

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