‘We first have to agree’: childbearing decision-making among HIV sero-different couples along Lake Victoria, Kisumu, Kenya
Open Access
- 29 October 2026
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Culture, Health & Sexuality
- p. 1-13
Abstract
Childbearing is of central importance in Eastern and Southern Africa and is deeply intertwined with social, cultural, and economic factors (Abdi et al. 2020; Barbi et al. 2021; Ngotie, Kaura, and M...Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Mental Health (K01MH132435)
- National Institutes of Mental Health (K24MH126808)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (K24AI175015)
- National Institute of Nursing Research (T32NR020776)
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