Poverty and human immunodeficiency virus in children: A view from the Western Cape, South Africa

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1136, Issue , 2008, Pages 21-27

  Marais, Barend Jacobus ^a   Esser, Monika ^b   Godwin, Sarah ^a   Rabie, Helena ^a   Cotton, Mark Fredric ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; HIV; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD; CONDOM; FAMILY PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POVERTY; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 45549101229     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1425.012     Document Type: Review

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