Exploring perceptions of HIV risk and health service access among Zimbabwean migrant women in Johannesburg: a gap in health policy in South Africa?

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Published in J Public Health Policy on January 01, 2011

Authors

Pascalia Munyewende1, Laetitia C Rispel, Bronwyn Harris, Matthew Chersich

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Health Policy & Medical Research Council Health Policy Research Group, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Private Bag X3, Wits, 2050 Johannesburg, South Africa. Pascalia.munyewende@wits.ac.za

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