Invisibility, silence and absence: A study of the account taken by two Kenyan Universities of the effects of HIV and AIDS on senior women staff

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 612-619

  Kamau, Nyokabi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33845205299     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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