Harnessing Poverty Alleviation to Reduce the Stigma of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Tsai, Alexander C ^a,b   Bangsberg, David R ^a,b,c,d   Weiser, Sheri D ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTEGRATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POVERTY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84889043945     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001557     Document Type: Article

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