Aids and maternity in India
From public health to social sciences perspectives. Emerging themes and debates
At a time when the number of people, and in particular women, living with HIV/AIDS in India is increasing, the aim of this publication is to contribute to the understanding of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) and of its prevention. Indian and French specialists (medical practitioners, social scientists, activists) have been brought together to elucidate different aspects of this transmission and its possible prevention.
Due to the numerous factors involved in the risks of transmission, an...
Éditeur : Institut Français de Pondichéry
Lieu d’édition : Pondichéry
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 21 juillet 2021
ISBN numérique : 979-10-365-6664-6
DOI : 10.4000/books.ifp.8995
Collection : Collection Sciences Sociales | 8
Année d’édition : 2004
ISBN (Édition imprimée) : 978-81-8470-122-7
Nombre de pages : 275
Patrice Cohen et Suniti Solomon
AcknowledgementsFrançoise Barré-Sinoussi
ForewordPatrice Cohen
IntroductionMilestones in the Understanding of HIV/AIDS Mother-to-Child Transmission in India
Part 1. HIV/AIDS epidemic in India
Frédéric Bourdier
2. Critical Analysis of HIV/Aids Epidemic Prevention Policy In IndiaSuniti Solomon
3. Milestones of the Social and Medical Treatment of AIDS by the NGOs in India: The Case of YRG Centre of AIDS Research and EducationFrédéric Bourdier
4. Management of HIV/AIDS Epidemic in India: Geo-anthropological and Political Comparison with BrazilPart 2. Prevention of HIV/AIDS mother to child transmission
Suniti Solomon
5. Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV Infection in India: A Medical PerspectiveP. Kuganantham et Sheila Shyamprasad
6. UNICEF Programme For the Prevention of Parent-to-Child HIV/AIDS Transmission, Tamil NaduShyamala Natarajan
7. Bridging Counselling and Care in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: General Perspectives and the Case of WomenPart 3. Vulnerability of indian women for diseases and for HIV/AIDS
Part 4. Mtct risks factors and practices in India: social sciences perspectives
Alice Desclaux
10. Socio-cultural Obstacles to the Prevention of HIV Transmission through Breastfeeding in West AfricaLakshmi Lingam et Siddhi Mankad
11. Breast Feeding and Infant Feeding Practices Research in India: A Critical ReviewPascale Hancart-Petitet
12. Anthropological Perspectives on HIV/AIDS Transmission During DeliveryAt a time when the number of people, and in particular women, living with HIV/AIDS in India is increasing, the aim of this publication is to contribute to the understanding of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) and of its prevention. Indian and French specialists (medical practitioners, social scientists, activists) have been brought together to elucidate different aspects of this transmission and its possible prevention.
Due to the numerous factors involved in the risks of transmission, and the social and cultural complexity of maternity in India, all these contributions show the necessity of initiating and conducting research in the fields of the social sciences. Considerations as to the need of research are formulated which can be of interest to the whole domain of social sciences. These proposals - mainly perceived in the areas of social anthropology or psychology - are exploring the links between the social and cultural settings and the risks of transmission from the mother to the child in taking into account all the parameters of the ongoing prevention made by the public and private sectors. The three routes of transmission - pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding - are analysed here as practices embedded to maternity and on the perception of risks of transmission, and on possibilities of prevention. And this exploration shows that in fact these topics reveal a large part of the functioning of contemporary dynamics of the Indian society. This proposal could therefore be enlarged and adapted to such different disciplines as economy, demography, law, geography, history or sociology in combination with public health and epidemiology. These perspectives are an invitation to develop further research in each discipline, but also to develop multidisciplinarity, interdisciplinarity, or transdisciplinarity.
In the context of the spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India, MTCT is seen to be increasingly crucial. Because this subject has only recently begun to emerge in India, available publications concerning it are rare. This book is made to a large public as for those making decisions in the domain of public health, for medical, epidemiological and social scientists, as well as for medical institutions, NGOs and all people involved in the understanding and the prevention of the epidemic in India. The different contributions presented here are intended to broaden ongoing debates and analyses of Indian society in its confrontation with the HIV/AIDS epidemic, especially as regards the infection of women and children.
Patrice Cohen (dir.)
Patrice Cohen is an anthropologist and currently co-director of the Group of Research Innovations and Societies, University of Rouen, France. He has done research in the anthropology of food habits and HIV/AIDS in the Indian Ocean region. Previously Head of the Department of Social Sciences at the French Institute of Pondicherry, he currently heads a research programme in social sciences on ‘HIV/AIDS and Mother to Child Transmission’.
Suniti Solomon (dir.)
Suniti Solomon is a microbiologist, and currently director of YRG Centre for AIDS Research and Education (YRG CARE), a non-governmental organization in Chennai, India. In 1986, her team in a public hospital documented the first evidence of HIV infection in India. She is actively involved in HIV prevention education, counselling, care and support and research in India. Her recent interest is in microbicides and vaccines
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