Health
Women always tend to prioritise family responsibilities over medical help for themselves.
1. Women Put Their Concerns In The Backburner
The stigmas inhibit them from asking a family member from accompanying them for a doctor’s visit.
2. Stigmas Attached To Women’s Health Concerns
Lack of education often acts as a barrier to women being aware of the extent of seriousness of the symptoms that they are facing.
3. Literacy
Being infected with HIV can compromises their immunity, making them more susceptible to being infected with TB.
4. HIV
Women are at a high risk of passing on the infection to their growing foetus, causing side-effects from the treatment.
5. Motherhood