Oil doom and AIDS boom in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
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Oil doom and AIDS boom in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria.
CONTEXT There has been a steady rise in Nigeria's HIV/AIDS burden since the first sero-prevalence survey in 1991. Nigeria's economy is mainly dependent on oil that comes from the Niger Delta Region. The majority of the people of the Niger delta region depend on fishing and farming for livelihood. Years of oil exploration activities with frequent oil spillages have led to severe environmental de...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rural and Remote Health
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1445-6354
DOI: 10.22605/rrh273