Multiple determinants, common vulnerabilities, and creative responses: Addressing the AIDS pandemic in diverse populations globally

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Mayer, Kenneth H ^a,b   Pape, Jean W ^c,d   Wilson, Phill ^e   Diallo, Dazon D ^f   Saavedra, Jorge ^g   Mimiaga, Matthew J ^a,h,i   Koenig, Serena ^j,k   Farmer, Paul ^b,l  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Centers Institute of Infectious Diseases and Reproductive Health   (Haïti)

^e Black AIDS Institute   (United States)

^f SisterLove Inc   (United States)

^g AIDS Health Care Foundation   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j Divisions of Global Health Equity   (United States)

^k BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

disparities; health care access; homophobia; inequity; sex inequality

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION; PANDEMIC; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HAITI; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANDEMICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84864269749     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31825c16d9     Document Type: Article

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