Clinical waste management in the context of the Kanye community home-based care programme, Botswana

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-194

  Kang'ethe, Simon M ^a  

^a Botswana Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (BONEPWA)   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Environmental risks; Government policy; Health risks; HIV AIDS; Home based caregivers; Hygiene; Infection; Waste handling and disposal

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BOTSWANA; CAREGIVER; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCINERATION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 50449094495     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAR.2008.7.2.4.521     Document Type: Article

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