Political economy, labor migration, and the AIDS epidemic in rural Malawi

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2454-2463

  Mtika, Mike Mathambo ^a  

^a Eastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS epidemic; Circular migration; Economic insecurity; Malawi; Multi partner sexual relations; Political economy

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONDOM USE; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR MIGRATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALAWI; MIGRATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; RURAL POPULATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34248562525     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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