Trapped in the prison of the proximate: structural HIV/AIDS prevention in southern Africa

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 42, Issue 145, 2015, Pages 342-361

  O’Laughlin, Bridget ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS prevention; political economy; southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84940198320     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2015.1064368     Document Type: Article

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