The importance of sex-worker interventions: The case of Avahan in India

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Laga, Marie ^a   Galavotti, Christine ^b   Sundaramon, Sundar ^c   Moodie, Rob ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c AVAHAN   (India)

^d Victorian Health Promotion Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; PROSTITUTION;

EID: 77949677101     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.039255     Document Type: Editorial

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