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. 2005 Jul 23;331(7510):220-3.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7510.220.

Transition and the HIV risk environment

Tim Rhodes  1 , Milena Simic
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Transition and the HIV risk environment

Tim Rhodes et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Social changes arising from political transition may have contributed to the spread of HIV. Successful prevention strategies require change to the risk environment as well as individual behaviour

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Making homemade opium tar into an injectable solution, Omsk, Russia Credit: JOHN RANARD
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Street sex workers in Odessa, Ukraine Credit: JOHN RANARD
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