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Evaluation of the HIV lay counselling and testing profession in South Africa

BACKGROUND: With the launch of the national HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign in South Africa (SA), lay HIV counsellors, who had been trained in blood withdrawal, have taken up the role of HIV testing. This study evaluated the experiences, training, motivation, support, supervision, and wor...

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Autores principales:	Mwisongo, Aziza, Mehlomakhulu, Vuyelwa, Mohlabane, Neo, Peltzer, Karl, Mthembu, Jacque, Van Rooyen, Heidi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4509846/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26197722 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0940-y

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