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High acceptance of home-based HIV counseling and testing in an urban community setting in Uganda

BACKGROUND: HIV testing is a key component of prevention and an entry point into HIV/AIDS treatment and care however, coverage and access to testing remains low in Uganda. Home-Based HIV Counseling and Testing (HBHCT) has potential to increase access and early identification of unknown HIV/AIDS dise...

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Autores principales:	Sekandi, Juliet N, Sempeera, Hassard, List, Justin, Mugerwa, Micheal Angel, Asiimwe, Stephen, Yin, Xiaoping, Whalen, Christopher C
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2011
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3192688/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21943164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-730

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