Local/Global Encounters
Development (2007) 50, 90–92. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100409
Islam in Xinjiang: Tian Shan District interventions to reduce HIV/AIDS
Kim Wheeler, Mukhtar Khasim, Ni Mingjian and Chen Wei
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Abstract
Kim Wheeler and his colleagues discuss how specific project initiatives have been designed and implemented to provide education on HIV/AIDS to Imams in Urumqi city. They argue that these initiatives have built Imams' capacity to provide counselling and pastoral support to individuals affected by HIV and AIDS.
Keywords:
vulnerable communities, support networks, stigma, Imams
