NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

The project that is the subject of this report was funded principally by the Bureau for Africa of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through a cooperative agreement administered by USAID's Office of Health and Nutrition. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation also provided funding to the Committee on Population for this project.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Data and Research Priorities for Arresting AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Preventing and mitigating AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa : research and data priorities for the social and behavioral sciences / Barney Cohen and James Trussell, editors ; Panel on Data and Research Priorities for Arresting AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical refererences and index.

1. AIDS (Disease)—Africa, Sub-Saharan. I. Cohen, Barney, 1959- . II. Trussell, James. III. Title

RA644.A25N264 1996

614.5′993—dc20 96-11347

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