title: Nurses fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa.
abstract: Nurses involved in HIV/AIDS care must contend with many practical, professional and ideological issues. In doing so they must also be activists for social justice and human rights in health care, especially in countries where poverty and lack of knowledge are inextricably linked to the spread of HIV. Below, a report on where nurses are and should be going in Africa.
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Ngcongco
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D015399:Nursing Research; D011203:Poverty