An overview of HIV/AIDS in Jamaica: Strengthening the response

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 277-282

  Figueroa, J P ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYPHILIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIBBEAN REGION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 10644251825     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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