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Foreskin cutting beliefs and practices and the acceptability of male circumcision for HIV prevention in Papua New Guinea
BACKGROUND: Male circumcision (MC) reduces HIV acquisition and is a key public health intervention in settings with high HIV prevalence, heterosexual transmission and low MC rates. In Papua New Guinea (PNG), where HIV prevalence is 0.8%, there is no medical MC program for HIV prevention. There are h...
Autores principales: | MacLaren, David, Tommbe, Rachael, Mafile’o, Tracie, Manineng, Clement, Fregonese, Federica, Redman-MacLaren, Michelle, Wood, Michael, Browne, Kelwyn, Muller, Reinhold, Kaldor, John, McBride, William John |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3846639/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24015786 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-818 |
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