Gender, equity: New approaches for effective management of communicable diseases

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-304

  Theobald, Sally ^a,b   Tolhurst, Rachel ^a   Squire, S Bertel ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

Author keywords

AIDS; Equity; Gender; HIV; Malaria; Tuberculosis; VCT

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POVERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUBERCULOSIS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 31744434888     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.05.023     Document Type: Article

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