Widow inheritance and HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda

E. D. Mabumba; P. Mugyenyi; V. Batwala; E. M. Mulogo; J Mirembe; Farhad Khan; J Lilijestrand

doi:10.1258/004947507782332955

Widow inheritance and HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda

E. D. Mabumba, P. Mugyenyi, V. Batwala, E. M. Mulogo, J Mirembe, Farhad Khan, J Lilijestrand

Social Medicine and Global Health

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Abstract

Despite current efforts to combat HlV/AlDS through behavioural change, ingrained socio-cultural practices such as widow inheritance in south-western Uganda has not changed. Low education, unemployment, dowry, widows' socioeconomic demands and the inheritor's greed for the deceased's wealth, influence widow inheritance. Voluntary counselling and testing is needed for the widows and their inheritors; formal dowry should be removed from marriage and widow inheritance stripped of its sexual component.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	229-231
Journal	Tropical Doctor
Volume	37
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1258/004947507782332955
Publication status	Published - 2007

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Occupational Health and Environmental Health

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