Voluntary medical male circumcision: A qualitative study exploring the challenges of costing demand creation in eastern and southern Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Bertrand, Jane T ^a   Njeuhmeli, Emmanuel ^b   Forsythe, Steven ^c   Mattison, Sarah K ^a   Mahler, Hally ^d   Hankins, Catherine A ^e  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c AVENIR HEALTH   (United States)

^d JHPIEGO   (United States)

^e UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; BUDGET; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; TANZANIA;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; BUDGETS; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TANZANIA;

EID: 82255169349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027562     Document Type: Article

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