Abstain or die: The development of HIV/AIDS policy in Botswana

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-41

  Heald, Suzette ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CONDOM; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; MALE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BOTSWANA; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33644869583     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005000933     Document Type: Article

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