Revisiting the ABC strategy: HIV prevention in Uganda in the era of antiretroviral therapy

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 960, 2005, Pages 625-628

  Okware, S ^a   Kinsman, J ^b   Onyango, S ^a   Opio, A ^a   Kaggwa, P ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ABSTINENCE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONDOM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MORALITY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CONDOMS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; UGANDA;

EID: 27144521119     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2005.032425     Document Type: Review

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