Are South African HIV policies and programmes meeting the needs of same-sex practising individuals?
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): L.Rispel, C.Metcalf
SOURCE EDITOR(S): V.Reddy, T.Sandfort, L.Rispel
KEYWORDS: HIV/AIDS, POLICY FORMULATION, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
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HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4820
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Abstract
This chapter provides an assessment of how well existing HIV policies and programmes meet the need of same-sex practising individuals and is based primarily on a review of relevant literature. For the purposes of this chapter, same-sex practising individuals include lesbians, and /or women who have sexual relations with women, gay men and/or MSN; bisexuals; and transgendered individuals.-
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