HIV/AIDS prevention in Uganda: Why has it worked?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 960, 2005, Pages 615-617

  Genuis, Stephen John ^a,b   Genuis, Shelagh K ^a  

^a University of Alberta ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RECORD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

EID: 27144435842     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2005.034868     Document Type: Editorial

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