Viphonephom P. auteur aut IRD Hancart Petitet Pascale auteur aut IRD Bertrand D. auteur aut IRD El Haïk-Wagner N. auteur aut IRD Paboriboune P. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access Who provides informal care ? What help informal caregivers do provide it and at what costs ? This contribution examines the Biomedical Science's Embodiments in Contemporary Laos in looking at the materiality of its technologies in the everyday and the ordinary. We aim to tackle this issue in approaching the daily lives of children living with HIV from the point of view of the people who are taking care of them, the so-called informal caregivers. The paper highlights the constraints created by caregiving responsibilities, and the emerging issues related to HIV disclosure, stigma and discrimination and conflicting feelings. The informal caregivers' narratives underline how families, institutions and local, national and transnational institutions are assigning care work. Informal care offers a lens to explore the social and gender health inequalities, both interrelated with, and too often disregard by the biomedical science. specialized LAOS 056SOCSAN 052MALTRA03 M'Zoughi M. ed. edt IRD 38 111-135 2021 2262-8363 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010083666 10.4000/moussons.8057 2262-8363 [F B010083666] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010083666 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2022-02/010083666.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2021-11-29 2025-02-24 fdi:010083666 fre