Open AccessFertility Desires and Intentions among People Living with HIV/ AIDS (PLWHA) in Southern India
Author(s) -
Hyma Jose,
Deepak Madi,
Nithyananda K Chowta,
John T Ramapuram,
B Unnikrishnan,
Basavaprabhu Achappa,
Vishnu Chandran
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/20282.7968
Subject(s) - fertility , demography , life expectancy , marital status , cart , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , test (biology) , population , gerontology , geography , family medicine , sociology , biology , paleontology , archaeology
The desire of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) to have children can have significant public health implications. Combination Antiretroviral Therapy (cART) has increased the life expectancy of PLWHA as a result of which they may consider child bearing. There are hardly any studies from India addressing the fertility desires among PLWHA.