Resources
Chazan, M. 2006. Responding to HIV / AIDS and chronic vulnerability in an urban context: lessons learned from informal street traders in Durban, South Africa in Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, Issue 35, November 2006. London: Humanitarian Practice Network
This article presents the lessons learned from participatory research with street traders carried out from 2004 to 2006. The study investigated what makes street traders vulnerable to HIV and AIDS, how traders are currently affected by the epidemic, and why. It includes the fact of a severe lack of access to information both on HIV/AIDS and on how to apply for social transfers, loans and municipal housing. This lack of access to services and information is a key issue for displaced and migrant urban communities.