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The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic

Trends and Patterns

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  3. Country Program Support, United Nations Co-Sponsored Program on AIDS (UNAIDS), CH 1211, Geneva, Switzerland

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Tarantola, D., Lamptey, P.R., Moodie, R. (2002). The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic. In: Gibney, L., Di Clemente, R.J., Vermund, S.H. (eds) Preventing HIV in Developing Countries. AIDS Prevention and Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47157-4_2

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