ASSISTING WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV TO MEET SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE NEEDS: A CHALLENGE TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS 
  
   
    
      
Nworuh Blessed Okwuchi
 Department of Public Health Technology
 Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria 
 


 ABSTRACT 
 Women living with HIV have unique sexual and reproductive health needs, because they are more vulnerable to certain sexual and reproductive problems than people who are not infected with HIV. This paper identifies the area of sexual and reproductive need of women living with HIV and the ways that the health care providers can assist them by providing needed health services. These areas include: Sexual and reproductive health counseling, advocating for condom use, child delivery care and assisted conception for positive couples. Recommendations include: Efforts to reduce stigma and discrimination from health providers as well as the general public will be important in scaling up access to the sexual and reproductive health services. Health providers should also be committed to giving complete information to HIV positive women regarding their sexual and reproductive possibilities.