Health of Indigenous people in Africa

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9526, 2006, Pages 1937-1946

  Ohenjo, Nyang'ori ^a   Willis, Ruth ^b   Jackson, Dorothy ^c   Nettleton, Clive ^b,d   Good, Kenneth ^b,e   Mugarura, Benon ^f  

^a Lesada Communications Network   (Kenya)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Forest Peoples Programme   (United Kingdom)

^d Health Unlimited   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f African Indigenous and Minority Peoples Organisation   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ALCOHOLISM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 33744818242     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68849-1     Document Type: Review

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