Deadly divide: Malawi's policy debate on HIV/AIDS and condoms

Policy Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-102

  Mkandawire, Paul ^a   Luginaah, Isaac N ^a   Bezner Kerr, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Condoms; Content analysis; HIV AIDS; Malawi; National Assembly; Policy sciences; Science

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONDOM USE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POLICY MAKING;

MALAWI;

EID: 79651473997     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-010-9111-5     Document Type: Article

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