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FINDING THE MEANINGS OF AIDS ARV treatment in an Eastern Cape village
The research examines the impact of a clinic-based ART programme in Lusikisiki, specifically in the village of Ithanga. While the programme expanded the community's medical understanding of AIDS—shifting the attribution of opportunistic infections from witchcraft to the virus—it did not eliminate the deep social stigma. Many residents continued to avoid treatment or seek it in secret to avoid public shame, highlighting that medical access alone does not normalize the disease as a chronic illness.
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