Knowledge and behavioural factors associated with gender gap in acquiring HIV among youth in Uganda
<em>Background</em>. The increasing prevalence of HIV in Uganda during the last decade (7.5% in 2004-05 to 8.3% in 2011 among women and 5.0% in 2004-05 to 6.1% among men in 2011 of 15 to 49 years) clearly shows that women are disproportionately affected by HIV epidemic. Hence, we assesse...
Main Authors: | Shraboni Patra, Rakesh Kumar Singh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2015-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Public Health Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/470 |
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