Rebbeca Tesfai
MPH student,
University of Michigan, School of Public Health
Projects
I am currently working on a project researching the economic impact of caring for terminally ill AIDS patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This is not specific to the effect of HIV/AIDS on the elderly, but as parents are sometimes the caretakers of these people, the final paper will probably have some information on the elderly and AIDS.
Related Projects
Vital Events Registration Addis Ababa (VERAA)
The Vital Events Registration Addis Ababa (VERAA) project was initiated as a spin-off from a Masters in Public Health project of Sr. Tekebash Araya. The regular project receives funding (2002-2006) from the AIDS Foundation (Amsterdam). Ad-hoc funding was obtained from the Ford Foundation (travel grant), and the Mellon foundation (funding for the 2004 Verbal Autopsies)1. The core data collection system of the VERAA project is an ongoing surveillance of deaths at all burial sites (currently over 80) in Addis Ababa. The information recorded in the surveillance includes basic socio-demographic background characteristics as well as the lay diagnosis of the cause of death.