| Widow inheritance and HIV/AIDS in rural Uganda. | |
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PMID: 17988488 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Despite current efforts to combat HIV/AIDS through behavioural change, ingrained socio-cultural practices such as widow inheritance in south-western Uganda has not changed. Low education, unemployment, dowry, widows' socioeconomic demands and the inheritor's greed for the deceased's wealth, influence widow inheritance. Voluntary counselling and testing is needed for the widows and their inheritors; formal dowry should be removed from marriage and widow inheritance stripped of its sexual component. |
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Authors:
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E D Mabumba; P Mugyenyi; V Batwala; E M Mulogo; J Mirembe; F A Khan; J Liljestrand |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Tropical doctor Volume: 37 ISSN: 0049-4755 ISO Abbreviation: Trop Doct Publication Date: 2007 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-11-08 Completed Date: 2007-12-18 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1301706 Medline TA: Trop Doct Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 229-31 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Kashari Health Sub District, Mbarara District, PO Box 1, Mbarara, Uganda. |
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Family Characteristics Female Focus Groups HIV Infections / epidemiology, ethnology, prevention & control, transmission* Humans Male Questionnaires Rural Population* Sexual Behavior Uganda / epidemiology, ethnology Widowhood* Wills* / legislation & jurisprudence Women's Rights |
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