Touching Lives: Making a Difference Through Matchmaking in an HIV Clinic

Idigbe, I.E.; Nyatanga, Brian; Nicol, Jane

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Idigbe, I.E., Nyatanga, Brian and Nicol, Jane (2012) Touching Lives: Making a Difference Through Matchmaking in an HIV Clinic. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 18 (2). pp. 56-60. ISSN 1357-6321

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Abstract:

The article reports on the ways counselors in an HIV clinic in Lagos, Nigeria are using matchmaking to help their HIV-positive patients find love and friendship. Data from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS estimate that there are around 3.3 million people in the country who have AIDS or are HIV-positive as of 2011. Counselors at the clinic based at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research reveal that the process of matchmaking depends on the specific needs of individual patients

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Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords:

HIV infections, epidemiology, therapy

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R Medicine > RT Nursing

Legacy Divisions (Admin Only):

College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Nursing and Midwifery

Academic Schools:

School of Nursing & Midwifery

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Depositing User:

Jane Nicol

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