Health seeking and sexual behaviour in patients with sexually transmitted infections: The importance of traditional healers in Thyolo, Malawi

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-129

  Zachariah, R ^a   Nkhoma, W ^b   Harries, A D ^c   Arendt, V ^d   Chantulo, A ^b   Spielmann, M P ^a   Mbereko, M P ^b   Buhendwa, L ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^c National TB Control Program/DFID technical adviser   (Malawi)

^d Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases ^*  (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0036110477     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.78.2.127     Document Type: Article

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