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Women initiated solutions for HIV prevention (WISH study): factors associated with intentions to use microbicides and Tenofovir

Creator:

Kandathil, Sonia M.

Abstract:

With women comprising nearly 50% of HIV/AIDS infections globally, the development of new woman-initiated HIV prevention methods has become a public health imperative. To date, the female condom and the diaphragm are the only woman-initiated prevention methods available on the consumer market. Recent research has focused on two HIV/AIDS prevention...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

nearly 60% of all people infected by HIV are women (UNAIDS, 2009). HIV infection is 1.3 times more