Why have socioeconomic explanations been favoured over cultural ones in explaining the extensive spread of HIV in South Africa?
The HIV prevalence in South Africa’s various racial/ethnic groups differs by more than an order of magnitude. These differences are determined not by the lifetime number of sexual partners, but by how these partnerships are more likely to be arranged concurrently in African communities. The availabl...
Main Authors: | Chris Kenyon, Sizwe Zondo, Robert Colebunders, Sipho Dlamini |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AOSIS
2012-03-01
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Series: | Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivmed/article/view/153 |
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