Men who have sex with men inadequately addressed in African AIDS National Strategic Plans

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-143

  Makofane, Keletso ^a   Gueboguo, Charles ^b   Lyons, Daniel ^a   Sandfort, Theo ^c,d  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; government response; HIV; MSM; NSP

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGERIA; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; BENIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMOROS; CONGO; COTE D'IVOIRE; DJIBOUTI; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; GABON; GAMBIA; GHANA; GUINEA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KENYA; KNOWLEDGE; LESOTHO; LIBERIA; MADAGASCAR; MALAWI; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MAURITIUS; MOROCCO; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NIGER; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA; SENEGAL; SEYCHELLES; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDAN; SWAZILAND; TANZANIA; TOGO; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEX OFFENSES; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84874194414     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.749503     Document Type: Article

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