The hybrid identity of the HIV/AIDS-patient: a longitudinal study of the impact of antiretroviral treatment on the life of HIV/AIDS-patients in sub-Saharan Africa.

The general research aim is to undertake a sociological study of the impact of HIV/AIDS and the associated ART on the lives of those affected and more specifically on the identity reconstruction of HIV/AIDS patients receiving ART in sub-Saharan Africa. This research views ART not only as the turning point in the treatment of an 'ill body', detached from the social reality, but also as a turning point in the experience of AIDS as a chronic illness, embedded in this social reality. The study will attempt to draw an overall picture of the HIV/AIDS patient receiving ART as a 'social entity' with a chronic illness, and his/her consequent place and role in society. In practice, we will study the factors that positively affect the possibility of a successful treatment andthe associated identity reconstruction.

Keywords:ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, HIV/AIDS

Disciplines:Social medical sciences, Social work, Other sociology and anthropology

Project type:Collaboration project