Open AccessAn unrecognized key population? Traditional treatment practices associated with HIV risk among traditional healers in rural South Africa
Author(s) -
Carolyn M. Audet,
Sizzy Ngobeni,
Mevian Mkansi,
Floidy Wafawanaka,
Muktar H. Aliyu,
Sten H. Vermund,
Ryan G. Wagner
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000002710
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , population , key (lock) , developing country , environmental health , rural population , traditional medicine , family medicine , geography , economic growth , biology , ecology , economics
To understand the risk of HIV acquisition through occupational exposure among rural South African traditional healers, notably via the practice of traditional skin incisions with razors.