CHAPTER 6: WHO CARES, WHO PAYS?

Chapter 6 of the book "Triple Jeopardy: Women & AIDS" is presented. It looks at the role of women, as mothers and formal and informal carers, in the care of human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV)-infected children and adults. According to Dr. Marie-Thérèse Feuerstein, an independent consultant on health issues, women's role as primary providers of health care within the family and community is usually underestimated.