Addressing gender inequality and intimate partner violence as critical barriers to an effective HIV response in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Watts, Charlotte ^a   Seeley, Janet ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender inequality; Interventions; Intimate partner violence; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONDOM USE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EPIDEMIC; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); UGANDA; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; MALE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEX OFFENSES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 84964314220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.17.1.19849     Document Type: Note

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