• Visits and counseling bring about attitudinal and behavioral changes, unity and understanding in the family members.

• Caring for the PLHIVs in their own environment is better than isolating them to an institutionalized Care Home.

Those who regain their health should be encouraged to engage in self-employment;

• Self-employment enhances their self-worth and the feeling of contributing to the economy of the family and community at large.

For the PLWHAs to develop a sense of participation in the project;

• They should he encouraged to support the project by way of marginal contribution.

Stigma and discrimination attached to the disease are major hurdles in getting support and co-operation from the society;

• Spreading awareness in the society by various methods is one way of removing the stigma.

• Networking with government and NGOs committed to the cause of HIV/AIDS is essential in combating their problems.

Illiteracy of the PLWHAs and/or members of their family makes counseling and imparting information difficult;

• Help in education ot the children of PLVVHAs not only secures a better future for them hut also raises the literacy level of the family.

Misuse of medicine by PLWHAs;

• Networking and sharing information amongst various agencies engaged in the same or similar field would reduce such misuse to some extent.

• Defacing or removing seals on medicine would discourage misuse of the same by the recipients.