Sjaak van der Geest

Professor of Medical Anthropology,
University of Amsterdam, Medical Anthropology Unit

Geographic Focus:
Africa
Ghana

Projects
Access to and use of Voluntary Counseling and Testing and Antiretroviral Therapy

Related Projects

Promoting access to and use of Voluntary Counseling and Testing and Antiretroviral Therapy among people living with AIDS in Ghana

The objective of this research programme is to investigate in depth some of the key issues that inhibit people in Ghana from taking up services of Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) and Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), both from the supply side and from the demand side. Most of the research takes place in the Ashanti Region, the most heavily populated region of Ghana with around 4 million people. Sentinel sero-surveillance conducted among antenatal attendants in the area has shown an increase in HIV prevalence from 2.7 percent in 2000 to 4.4 percent in 2003, the second highest rate in the country. The central research question is: How can uptake of VCT and ART be increased in Ashanti region specifically, and more generally in the rest of Ghana?

Related Publications

van der Geest S. 2002. “It is a tiresome work.” Love and sex in the life of an elderly woman in Kwahu, Ghana. in Living and ‘curing’ old age in the world, Vol. 4. A. Guerci & S. Consigliere, Ed. Genova: Erga Edizioni. pp. 403-21.

van der Geest S. 2001. "“No strength”: Sex and old age in a rural town in Ghana." Social Science & Medicine 53 (10): 1383-96.

Contact

Email Address

Oudezijds Achterburgwal 185
1012 DK Amsterdam
The Netherlands

http://www.freepgs.com/sjaakvandergeest/