Equity in HIV testing: Evidence from a cross-sectional study in ten Southern African countries

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mitchell, Steven ^a   Cockcroft, Anne ^b   Lamothe, Gilles ^c   Andersson, Neil ^d  

^a CIETcanada   (Canada)

^b CIET TRUST BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Centro de Investigacin de Enfermedades Tropicales   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; PROPHYLAXIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77956482480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-10-23     Document Type: Article

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