HIV/AIDS and the construction of Sub-Saharan Africa: Heuristic lessons from the social sciences for policy

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1128-1150

  Yeboah, Ian E A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Eurocentric; Geography; Health policy; HIV AIDS; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH POLICY; HEURISTICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENDER; GENDER BIAS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PANDEMIC; POLITICS; POVERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; WORLD HEALTH;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846785208     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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