Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 11, Issue 22 , Pages 122-133 , November 2003

Pregnant or Positive: Adolescent Childbearing and HIV Risk in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

  • Naomi Rutenberg

      Affiliations

    • Senior Program Associate, Population Council, Washington DC, USA
    • ,
  • Carol E Kaufman

      Affiliations

    • Project Director, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
    • ,
  • Kate Macintyre

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
    • ,
  • Lisanne Brown

      Affiliations

    • Research Assistant Professor, Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University, USA
    • ,
  • Ali Karim

      Affiliations

    • Research Assistant, Department of International Health and Development, Tulane University, USA

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