Human immunodeficiency virus infection and AIDS in east Africa: Challenges and possibilities for prevention and control

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-19

  Mhalu, F S ^a   Lyamuya, E ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIDS EPIDEMIC; HEALTH IMPACT; HIV TRANSMISSION; SOCIOCULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS;

AFRICA, (EAST);

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CRITIQUE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HIV INFECTIONS--TRANSMISSION; HIV INFECTIONS--WOMEN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CRITIQUE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HIV INFECTIONS--TRANSMISSION; HIV INFECTIONS--WOMEN; INFECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029664708     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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