The convergence of American and Nigerian religious conservatism in a biopolitical shaping of Nigeria's HIV/AIDS prevention programmes

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 312-325

  Jappah, Jlateh V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biopolitics; HIV AIDS; Nigeria; PEPFAR; religious conservatism

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORALITY; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; POLITICS; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875364435     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2013.765023     Document Type: Article

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