'The divorce program': gendered experiences of HIV positive mothers enrolled in PMTCT programs - the case of rural Malawi.

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Published in Int Breastfeed J on October 26, 2010

Authors

John Njunga1, Astrid Blystad

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Norway. johnnjunga2006@yahoo.com.

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