Mobile VCT: Reaching Men and Young People in Urban and Rural South African Pilot Studies (NIMH Project Accept, HPTN 043).
Mounting evidence exists that mobile voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) is able to extend coverage to new localities and populations. We describe two feasibility and acceptability pilot studies conducted in rural and urban South Africa in preparation for the larger NIMH Project Accept HIV preve...
| Publicado en: | AIDS & Behavior Vol. 17; no. 9; pp. 2946 - 2954 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Nov2013
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