.... An inductive content analysis identified emerging themes and patterns in the participants' conversations. Findings The study revealed that, although young women were informed and motivated to prevent HIV, poverty and inequality were significant barriers, limiting their power to protect themselves...

... to and affordability of prescribed medications, discounts or fee‐waivers should be granted to specific categories of households, those in poverty, with chronically ill members and with small children. These discounts or fee‐waivers should cover prescribed medications for children, long‐standing illness as well...

... programme in Lubombo, Swaziland, involving patients, DOT treatment supporters, clinic nurses and other key informants. Findings The paper finds that study participants spontaneously raised two main societal issues, which had major impact on the success of the TB programme: health beliefs and poverty...

... needs, particularly for the poor, requires politically difficult and administratively demanding choices. Health is a priority goal in its own right, as well as a central input into economic development and poverty reduction. Findings The paper finds that, while the economic development in India has...