Under the radar: Community safety nets for AIDS-affected households in sub-Saharan Africa

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages

  Foster, G ^a  

^a Mutare Provincial Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; FUND RAISING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33847778829     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120601114469     Document Type: Review

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