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42 - Preventing the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Botswana

from Africa & the Middle East

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

By
Rex Stockton ,
Daniel Goldberg ,
Tebatso Paul  and
Barbara De Larm
Edited by
Moshe Israelashvili  and
John L. Romano
Moshe Israelashvili
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
John L. Romano
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science , pp. 998 - 1019
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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