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A gendered analysis of living with HIV/AIDS in the Eastern Region of Ghana

BACKGROUND: A gender gap exists in knowledge regarding persons living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana. Women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHIV) greatly outnumber males living with HIV/AIDS (MLHIV) in Ghana and Sub-Saharan Africa generally. This necessitates more gender-nuanced evidence-based information on HIV/AID...

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Autor principal:	Owusu, Adobea Yaa
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7245734/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32448210 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08702-9

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