THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIV/AIDS AND POVERTY: THE CASE OF THREE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS IN THE TRANSKEI

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  • Thobeka Mashologu-Kuse Department of Social Work, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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https://doi.org/10.15270/41-4-317

Abstract

The paper is based on on-going research that is conducted under the auspicies of the Department of Social Development, University of Transkei. The findings of this research study, on completion, will highlight the relationship between HIV/AIDS and poverty in the Transkei region of the Eastern Cape.

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2014-07-09

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Mashologu-Kuse, T. (2014). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIV/AIDS AND POVERTY: THE CASE OF THREE ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS IN THE TRANSKEI. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 41(4). https://doi.org/10.15270/41-4-317

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Vol. 41 No. 4 (2005)

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