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The social construction of HIV/AIDS

Natalie Goldstein, H G Pretorius, A D Stuart
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 8, No 2 | a122 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v8i2.122 | © 2003 Natalie Goldstein, H G Pretorius, A D Stuart | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 04 November 2003 | Published: 04 November 2003

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Natalie Goldstein, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa
H G Pretorius, Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit, South Africa
A D Stuart, Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit, South Africa

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Abstract

An in-depth look is taken at the specific discourses surrounding the debilitating HIV/AIDS epidemic sweeping South Africa and the world.

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Hierdie artikel poog om ‘n indiepte ondersoek te loods na die spesifieke diskoerse rondom die MIV/VIGS epidemie in Suid-Afrika en die wêreld.

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