From personal survival to public health: Community leadership by men who have sex with men in the response to HIV

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9839, 2012, Pages 400-410

  Trapence, Gift ^a   Collins, Chris ^b   Avrett, Sam ^c   Carr, Robert ^d   Sanchez, Hugo ^e   Ayala, George ^f   Diouf, Daouda ^g   Beyrer, Chris ^h   Baral, Stefan D ^h  

^a Centre for the Development of People   (Malawi)

^b the Foundation for AIDS Research   (United States)

^c Fremont Center   (United States)

^d International Council of AIDS Service Organizations   (Canada)

^e Epicentro   (Peru)

^f Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF)   (United States)

^g Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA)   (Senegal)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEADERSHIP; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEGLECT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84864286917     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60834-4     Document Type: Review

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