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BL
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994694
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b749064
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Gender and HIV/AIDS : : critical perspectives from the developing world /\ edited by Jelke Boesten, Nana K. Poku.
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| Publication Statement
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Farnham, England ;Burlington, VT :: Ashgate,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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Global health
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1 online resource (xiii, 201 pages).
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| ISBN
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0754672697
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: 0754689875
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: 9780754672692
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: 9780754689874
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0754672697
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Table; List of Contributors; Introduction: Gender, Inequalities, and HIV/AIDS; PART 1 Gendered Vulnerabilities; 1 Stigma, Gender and HIV: Case Studies of Inter-sectionality; 2 Gender, Masculinities and HIV/AIDS: Perspectives from Peru; 3 Transactable Sex and Unsafe Practices: Gender and Sex when Living with HIV in Tanzania; 4 Gender and HIV/AIDS in Haiti: Women's Lack of Power as an Overarching Vulnerability; PART 2 Targeted Interventions; 5 Caught in Ideological Crossfire: One Tale of Prostitution, Politicians and the Pandemic.
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| Abstract
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Gender issues are central to the causes and impact of the ongoing AIDS epidemic. This scholarly, interdisciplinary volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the themes and issues of gender, AIDS and global public health and informs students, policy makers and practitioners of the complexity of the gendered nature of AIDS.
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AIDS (Disease)-- Sex factors.
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AIDS (Disease)-- Developing countries.
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Developing Countries.
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AIDS (Disease)
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AIDS (Disease)-- Sex factors.
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Aids-- genusaspekter-- U-länder.
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MEDICAL-- Epidemiology.
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MEDICAL-- Health Risk Assessment.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
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HIV Infections.
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Sex Factors.
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Social Change.
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Women's Rights.
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Developing countries.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.196/97920091724
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614.4
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| LC Classification
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RA643.86.D44G46 2009eb
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2009 F-109
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WC 503G3242 2009eb
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Vebakssb/8
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Boesten, Jelke.
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Poku, Nana,1971-
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