Declining HIV rates in Uganda: Due to cleaner needles, not abstinence or condoms

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 440-441

  Brody, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Health care; Heterosexual transmission; HIV; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASEPSIS; CONDOM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; CONDOMS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NEEDLE SHARING; NEEDLES; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; UGANDA;

EID: 3242666079     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462041211324     Document Type: Review

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