Breaking the wall of silence: AIDS policy and politics in Nigeria

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 551-566

  Alubo, Ogoh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH POLICY; POLITICAL CHANGE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RATE; MILITARY PHENOMENA; NIGERIA; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; REVIEW; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DEMOCRACY; DISCLOSURE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0036437668     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/1WJW-TG1X-LT8X-VCND     Document Type: Review

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