Counting on Mother's Love: The Global Politics of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Eastern Africa

Anthropology and Public Health: Bridging Differences in Culture and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Moland, Karen Marie ^a,b   Blystad, Astrid ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c Centre for International Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding culture; Global local dynamics; HIV; Informed choice; PMTCT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920665148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195374643.003.0017     Document Type: Chapter

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