Addressing ebola-related stigma: Lessons learned from HIV/AIDS

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Davtyan, Mariam ^a   Brown, Brandon ^a   Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ebola; Healthcare; HIV; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84923806534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.26058     Document Type: Article

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