Incarceration of female sex workers in China and STI/HIV. Programmes that are not rights-based are doomed to fail

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Goodyear, Michael D E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; FEMALE WORKER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MORALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PRISONS; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 38849111859     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.029397     Document Type: Editorial

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