HIV/AIDS: A persistent health issue for women and children in mid and far Western Nepal

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 49, 2015, Pages 88-93

  Awasthi, Kiran Raj ^a   Adefemi, K ^a   Tamrakar, M ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Conflict; HIV AIDS; Migration; Sex workers; Social stigma; South East Asia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY LIFE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONELINESS; MIGRATION; PEER PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNPROTECTED SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKING TIME; ADULT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONDOM; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; NEPAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84944579377     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v13i1.13762     Document Type: Review

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