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HIV/AIDS
New findings reported from S.L. Joseph and co-authors describe advances in HIV/AIDS
January 27th, 2009
"A key development in South Africa's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic has been the recognition that there are a number of external factors in the socio-economic and physical environment in which people live that are central to the spread of the epidemic. A growing body of evidence suggests that poverty inequality, inadequate shelter, overcrowding and other symptoms of underdevelopment are fundamental drivers in undermining people's ability to practice and negotiate safe sex, thereby enhancing vulnerability to HIV infection," researchers in Cape Town, South Africa report. "Similarly, these factors affect the ability of individuals, households and communities to cope...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-01-27)
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