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HIV/AIDS
Reports from Carleton University describe recent advances in HIV/AIDS
December 30th, 2008
According to a study from Ottawa, Canada, "Over the past few years, the pivotal roles older women play in responding to the unprecedented HIV/AIDS epidemic in southern Africa has received increasing recognition by academics, governments, funding agencies, non-governmental organisations, and citizens around the world. Yet, discourses surroundings AIDS and 'grandmotherhood' are laden with a number of un-grounded assumptions that have important implications for researchers, advocates and decision-makers." "Drawing on ethnographic and survey data predominantly from South Africa, this paper challenges seven such assumptions. The paper illustrates how certain prevailing...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-30)
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