PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ohemeng, Fidelia
TI  - HIV Disclosure in Ghana
AID  - 10.3368/gs.15-16.1.135
DP  - 2014 Jan 01
TA  - Ghana Studies
PG  - 135--157
VI  - 15-16
IP  - 1
4099  - https://gs.uwpress.org/gs.uwpress.org/content/15-16/1/135.short
4100  - https://gs.uwpress.org/gs.uwpress.org/content/15-16/1/135.full
SO  - Gha Stu2014 Jan 01; 15-16
AB  - Missing in the debate of HIV/AIDS-positive disclosures is its gender dimension in terms of those likely to disclose their status, as well as the people in whom they are likely to confide this personal and socially perilous news. This article explores the gender dimension of HIV-positive disclosures through in-depth interviews of 25 AIDS patients receiving treatment at a hospital in Ghana. It argues that the people likely to be informed by AIDS patients of their status are those perceived by the patient to be potential care-givers and more often than not these are females. In other words, unlike in most “Western” countries, gender role expectations do shape HIV-positive disclosures in Ghana.