Risking death for survival: Peasant responses to hunger and HIV/AIDS in Malawi

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1654-1666

  Bryceson, Deborah Fahy ^a   Fonseca, Jodie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

deagrarianization; famine; HIV AIDS; Malawi; occupational risks; rural livelihoods; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FAMINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RURAL POPULATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33747353859     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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