Grassroots activities, national initiatives and HIV prevention: Clues to explain Australia's dramatic early success in controlling the HIV epidemic

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 787-793

  Plummer, D ^a   Irwin, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

AIDS; Epidemic; HIV; Policy; Prevention

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE;

AUSTRALIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AUSTRALIA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33846056116     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206779307612     Document Type: Review

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