Voluntary counseling and HIV testing for pregnant women in the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana: is couple counseling the way forward?

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Published in AIDS Care on July 01, 2005

Authors

Frank Baiden1, P Remes, R Baiden, J Williams, A Hodgson, M Boelaert, A Buve

Author Affiliations

1: Navrongo Health Research Center, Navrongo, Ghana. fbaiden@navrongo.mimcom.net

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