Gay men and other men who have sex with men in West Africa: evidence from the field

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL1, 2013, Pages 7-21

  Dramé, Fatou Maria ^a,d   Peitzmeier, Sarah ^b   Lopes, Magda ^c   Ndaw, Marième ^d   Sow, Abdoulaye ^c   Diouf, Daouda ^d   Baral, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GASTON BERGER   (Senegal)

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

^c Enda Tiers Monde Guinea Bissau ^*  (Guinea)

^d ENDA SANTÉ   (Senegal)

Author keywords

health services; HIV AIDS; human rights; men who have sex with men; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; BISEXUALITY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84880053377     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.748935     Document Type: Review

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