Is scaling up enough to curb the HIV epidemic in southern Africa?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 638-639

  Delva, Wim ^a,b   Pretorius, Carel ^b   Temmerman, Marleen ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONDOM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 70450187937     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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