How do national strategic plans for HIV and AIDS in southern and eastern africa address gender-based violence? a women's rights perspective

Health and Human Rights

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Gibbs, Andrew ^a   Mushinga, Mildred ^a   Tyler Crone, E ^b   Willan, Samantha ^a   Mannell, Jenevieve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b a global women's rights and HIV network   (South Africa)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SEXISM; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ARTICLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEXISM; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 84871476743     PISSN: 10790969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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