Scaling-up voluntary medical male circumcision - What have we learned?

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-146

  Ledikwe, Jenny H ^a,b   Nyanga, Robert O ^a   Hagon, Jaclyn ^b   Grignon, Jessica S ^a,b   Mpofu, Mulamul ^a   Semo, Bazghina Werq ^a,b  

^a International Training and Education Center for Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Barriers; Facilitators; Health systems strengthening; HIV prevention; Voluntary medical male circumcision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84907858011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/HIV.S65354     Document Type: Review

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