Sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS in Vanuatu: A cause for concern and action

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1220, 2005, Pages

  Zenner, Dominik ^a   Russell, Steven ^b  

^a University of East Anglia ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VANUATU; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VANUATU;

EID: 27244431889     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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