Care, disability and HIV in Africa: Diverging or interconnected concepts and practices?

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1437-1454

  Evans, Ruth ^a   Atim, Agnes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b The National Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS in Uganda (NACWOLA)   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN RIGHTS; WOMENS HEALTH;

EAST AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 80052931008     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2011.604517     Document Type: Article

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