Uganda's HIV Prevention Success: The role of sexual behavior change and the National Response. Commentary on Green et al. (2006)

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-350

  Gray, Ronald H ^a,e   Serwadda, David ^b   Kigozi, Godfrey ^c   Nalugoda, Fred ^c   Wawer, Maria J ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MONOGAMY; NOTE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UGANDA;

EID: 33746808527     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9074-x     Document Type: Note

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