Does prolonged illness contribute to adaptive land use practices among subsistence agricultural households in rural Mozambique?

How to allocate limited healthcare resources: Lessons from the introduction of antiretroviral therapy in rural Mozambique

“…Additionally, subsistence agricultural households have limited economic mobility and are thus limited in livelihood diversification in the face of health declines (Ulrich et al, 2012). Poor health and disease are capable of diminishing household stocks of human capital, have far-reaching consequences for those reliant on physical labor, and are felt more acutely in households that are subsistence-reliant; these types of households will often resort to farming less land as a coping strategy for dealing with poor health, thus further jeopardizing their well-being (Obrist et al, 2007; Dodson et al, 2016). Therefore, access to vital healthcare services is essential to helping these households resume their livelihood activities.…”

“…Mozambique is a LIC that has been plagued by high rates of HIV, which disproportionately affects subsistence farmers and imperils their livelihoods (Dodson et al, 2016). We examine the initial deployment of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a particularly hard-hit region of Mozambique, and how the optimal allocation of ART services among the existing network of clinics varies depending on how need is defined.…”