Empowering the people: Development of an HIV peer education model for low literacy rural communities in India

• Main Authors: Krupp Karl (Author), Rafiq Mirriam (Author), Madhivanan Purnima (Author), Van Rompay Koen KA (Author), Chakrapani Venkatesan (Author), Selvam Durai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Despite ample evidence that HIV has entered the general population, most HIV awareness programs in India continue to neglect rural areas. Low HIV awareness and high stigma, fueled by low literacy, seasonal migration, gender inequity,...