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Chapter 2 examines the global prevalence of HIV/AIDS and interventions undertaken such as: increased condom use, treatment of sexually transmitted infections, reducing the number of sexual partners, harm minimisation with injecting drug users, education of commercial sex workers, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission. Interventions in various countries are described. Then the focus changes to India and its particular vulnerabilities where HIV/AIDS is concerned.
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O’Connor, P., Earnest, J. (2011). Overview of Hiv/Aids Globally and in India. In: O’Connor, P., Earnest, J. (eds) Voices of Resilience. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-436-2_2
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