Equity in access to condoms in urban Zambia

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-305

  Agha, Sohail ^a,c   Kusanthan, Thankian ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Africa; Condoms; Equity; HIV; Social marketing

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARKETING; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MARKETING; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0042236947     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czg036     Document Type: Article

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