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Voluntary HIV counselling and testing among men in rural western Uganda: Implications for HIV prevention

BACKGROUND: Voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) is one of the key strategies in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in Uganda. However, the utilization of VCT services particularly among men is low in Kasese district. We therefore conducted a study to determine the prevalence and factors...

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Autores principales:	Bwambale, Francis M, Ssali, Sarah N, Byaruhanga, Simon, Kalyango, Joan N, Karamagi, Charles AS
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2008
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2529297/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18664301 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-263

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