Human rights and universal access for men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs: A qualitative analysis of the 2010 UNGASS narrative country progress reports

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 467-474

  Persson, Asha ^a   Ellard, Jeanne ^a   Newman, Christy ^a   Holt, Martin ^a   De Wit, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV; Human rights; Men who have sex with men; Most at risk populations; People who inject drugs; UNGASS reports; Universal access

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRUG USER; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED NATIONS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NARRATIVE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79960700168     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.047     Document Type: Article

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