HIV/AIDS in fishing communities: challenges to delivering antiretroviral therapy to vulnerable groups.
Fishing communities have been identified as among the highest-risk groups for HIV infection in countries with high overall rates of HIV/AIDS prevalence. Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS stems from, the time fishers and fish traders spend away from home, their access to cash income, their demographic profil...
| Publicado en: | AIDS Care Vol. 17; no. 6; pp. 688 - 698 |
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| Formato: | review Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2005
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