HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean: The need for a more effective public health response

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 156-158

  Figueroa, J P ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; FAMILY LIFE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CARIBBEAN REGION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041385964     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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