HIV/AIDS, gender, agency and empowerment issues in Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1015-1018

  Kalipeni, Ezekiel ^a   Oppong, Joseph ^b   Zerai, Assata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; EMPOWERMENT; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICINE; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; POVERTY; PUBLICATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; FEMALE; MALE; POLICY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33846809001     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.010     Document Type: Editorial

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