Did national HIV prevention programs contribute to HIV decline in Eastern Zimbabwe? Evidence from a prospective community survey

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 475-482

  Gregson, Simon ^a,b   Nyamukapa, Constance ^a,b   Schumacher, Christina ^b   Mugurungi, Owen ^c   Benedikt, Clemens ^d   Mushati, Phyllis ^a   Campbell, Catherine ^e   Garnett, Geoffrey P ^b  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79957641509     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182080877     Document Type: Review

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