Status of voluntary medical male circumcision in Kenya: Findings from 2 nationally representative surveys in Kenya, 2007 and 2012

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Galbraith, Jennifer S ^a   Ochieng, Athanasius ^b   Mwalili, Samuel ^a   Emusu, Donath ^a   Mwandi, Zebedee ^a   Kim, Andrea A ^a   Rutherford, George ^c   Maina, William K ^b   Kimanga, Davies O ^b   Chesang, Kipruto ^a   Cherutich, Peter ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumcision; HIV; Kenya; Prevention; VMMC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899081006     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000121     Document Type: Article

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