HIV in the Middle East and North Africa: Priority, culture, and control

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 927-937

  Alkaiyat, Abdulsalam ^a,b   Weiss, Mitchell G ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV AIDS; Middle East and North Africa; Priority; Sociocultural

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE EAST; RELIGION; REVIEW;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CULTURE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 84890567068     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0485-y     Document Type: Review

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