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WORLD CONFERENCE ON STDs, STIs & HIV/AIDS
allied
academies
T
he objective of this study is to identify the factors
associated with the vulnerability of the women aged 60
years or more to HIV/AIDS, based on in-depth interviews
aiming to understand aspects of epidemic HIV/AIDS among
the aged women in Belo Horizonte, addressing aspects
related to the epidemiologic and individual context; and
verify the perceptions and behaviors of older women related
to HIV/AIDS. The study universe were the older women living
with the virus, treated at Hospital Eduardo de Menezes da
Fundação Hospitalar do Estado de Minas Gerais. Interviews
with 12 older women, who signed a consent form and
were considered mentally fit were performed. The aged
interviewed showed low level of education, low income,
some women were in marital union, and have perceptions
and behaviors grounded in structural gender relations with
asymmetry of power, therefore, showing low responsiveness
to vulnerability. Most aged interviewed are sexually active,
but few of them declared to protect themselves by using
condoms. Adherence to antiretroviral therapy has close
relation with the way of contracting the virus: aged women
who were betrayed have a poor adherence to the ART and
are angry and depressed. Regarding the programmatic level,
many aged highlighted that they have never seen a program
focused on their generation, and the lack of information
reaches all levels of vulnerability. The picture revealed by this
study is worrying because, despite the fact that demographic
dynamics and the aging population have already been
incorporated into discussions, elderly have been considered
as asexual beings. It is expected, in this sense that, this study
can help to demystify the sexual invisibility of the aged,
ensuring them a healthy and continuous sexual life, what is
rightfully theirs.
e:
mariliaborboremamoc@gmail.comHIV in women-elderly
Marília Borborema Rodrigues
Brazil
I
n this paper, a nonlinear deterministic mathematical model
for HIV/AIDS disease is proposed in a heterogeneous
population. Here, the total population is divided in
two different classes: upper class and the labour class.
These classes are further categorized into four different
compartments: susceptibles, the latent period of infectives,
HIV-positive infectives and AIDS patients. Different rates
of parameters are considered for different classes. The
equilibrium and the stability of the model are discussed by
using basic reproduction number R
0
. If the basic reproduction
number R
0
is less than 1, then the disease-free equilibrium is
stable and in such a case endemic equilibrium does not exist.
If R
0
is greater than 1, the endemic equilibrium exists and it
is globally stable. The numerical simulations are performed
to illustrate our theoretical results.
e:
pratibha138@gmail.comMathematical Analysis of HIV/AIDS Epidemic in a Heterogeneous Population
Pratibha Rani
Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology, India