Human rights in the global response to HIV: Findings from the 2008 United Nations General Assembly Special Session Reports

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Gruskin, Sofia ^a   Ferguson, Laura ^a   Peersman, Greet ^b   Rugg, Deborah ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Evaluation; HIV; Human rights; Public policy; Vulnerable subpopulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL ASPECT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME; UNITED NATIONS;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPLOYMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PUBLIC POLICY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 73349084014     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181baeeac     Document Type: Review

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