HIV in Nepal: Is the violent conflict fuelling the epidemic?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 0705-0709

  Singh, Sonal ^a,b   Mills, Edward ^c   Honeyman, Steven ^d   Suvedi, Bal Krishna ^e   Pant, Nur Prasad ^f  

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

^b UNITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^f CARE Nepal ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; NEPAL; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAR;

CONDOMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WAR;

EID: 33748653468     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020216     Document Type: Review

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