The causal effect of education on HIV stigma in Uganda: Evidence from a natural experiment

Alexander C. Tsai and Atheendar S. Venkataramani

Social Science & Medicine, 2015, vol. 142, issue C, 37-46

Abstract: HIV is highly stigmatized in sub-Saharan Africa. This is an important public health problem because HIV stigma has many adverse effects that threaten to undermine efforts to control the HIV epidemic.

Keywords: AIDS/HIV; Behavioral interventions; Developing countries; International health; Social determinants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.009

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