| HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, and Women in Nigeria WERRC Monograph Series, No. 1. |
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AUTHOR: E. J. Otive-Igbuzor DATE: 2002 PUBLISHER: Women Empowerment and Reproductive Rights Center (WERRC) This paper provides a background on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria. It discusses the connections between health and human rights, considers how the abuse of human rights has a direct impact on the progress of HIV/AIDS in Nigerian society; highlights the linkages between women's rights and HIV/AIDS, outlines responses to HIV/AIDS in the country, and concludes with some recommendations to address the spread of the epidemic in Nigeria. Article can be accessed on-line here in Microsoft Document format.
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