Why are Testing Rates so Low in Sub-Saharan Africa? Misconceptions and Strategic Behaviors
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Keywords
HIV/AIDS; prevention; risk perception; testing; transmission rate; JEL codes: I10; I15; I18; O12; D83; D84;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- D84 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Expectations; Speculations
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