Chaturaka Rodrigo|Senaka Rajapakse
HIV, poverty and women
National Hospital of Sri Lanka|University of Colombo
review examines interactions financial status hiv implications women medline google scholar searched using keywords women poverty hiv field article search limited articles published english last 10 years first section article tries establish whether poverty wealth risk factor hiv credible evidence arguments wealth shows increased risk sexes poverty places women special disadvantage second section explains financial status interacts non biological factors put women increased risk discrimination based factors disadvantage women paradoxical observations fit traditional line explanation eg paradoxical impact wealth education hiv final section assesses impact hiv driving poverty role women interventional programmes specific impact poverty females families living hiv less explored though microfinance initiatives empower women good idea theory actual outcome programme less convincing