Knowledge on voluntary medical male circumcision in a low uptake setting in northern Uganda
Abstract Background Free VMMC services have been available in Uganda since 2010. However, uptake in Northern Uganda remains disproportionately low. We aimed to determine if this is due to men’s insufficient knowledge on VMMC, and if women’s knowledge on VMMC has any association with VMMC status of t...
Main Authors: | Barbara Marjorie Nanteza, David Serwadda, Edward Nelson Kankaka, Grace Bua Mongo, Ronald Gray, Frederick Edward Makumbi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-11-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-6158-2 |
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