The impact of post-election violence on HIV and other clinical services and on mental health - Kenya, 2008

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-51

  Bamrah, Sapna ^a   Mbithi, Agneta ^b   Mermin, Jonathan H ^c   Boo, Thomas ^c   Bunnell, Rebecca E ^c   Sharif, Sk ^b   Cookson, Susan Temporado ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

anti HIV agents; delivery of health care; HIV infection; Kenya; mental health; violence

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CIVIL DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; TUBERCULOSIS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANXIETY; CIVIL DISORDERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; POLITICS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; REFUGEES; TUBERCULOSIS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84873595637     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X12001665     Document Type: Conference Paper

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