| • Economic hardships |
• Misinformation from peers |
| • Food insecurity |
• Disapproval from health care workers |
| • Conflicting information from health institutions and from media on sources of support |
• Inadequate counselling from health care workers |
| • Gender-specific role expectations |
• Stigma and discrimination |
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• Embarrassment |
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• Fear of transmitting HIV to the child |
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• Worries (daily upkeep, death of child) |
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• Sense of relief once the child is HIV-negative |
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• Fear of death and leaving children as orphans with no inheritance |
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• Lack of free child food supplement services |
