Challenges to microbicide introduction in South Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 968-978

  Orner, Phyllis ^a   Harries, Jane ^a   Cooper, Diane ^a   Moodley, Jennifer ^a   Hoffman, Margaret ^a   Becker, Julie ^b   McGrory, Elizabeth ^c   Dabash, Rasha ^b   Bracken, Hillary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b ENGENDERHEALTH   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR MICROBICIDES   (United States)

^d POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Female initiated controlled method; Gender; HIV AIDS prevention; Microbicides; South Africa

Indexed keywords

MICROBICIDE;

DRUG; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLICY STRATEGY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; RAPE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 33745203721     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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