Empowering the people: Development of an HIV peer education model for low literacy rural communities in India

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Van Rompay, Koen K A ^a,b   Madhivanan, Purnima ^c   Rafiq, Mirriam ^a   Krupp, Karl ^a   Chakrapani, Venkatesan ^d   Selvam, Durai ^e  

^a Sahaya International Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS   (India)

^e Rural Education and Action Development (READ)   (India)

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EID: 43749108389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-6-6     Document Type: Article

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