The Regai Dzive Shiri Project: a cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of a multi-component community-based HIV prevention intervention for rural youth in Zimbabwe--study design and baseline results.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on September 05, 2008

Authors

Frances M Cowan1, Sophie J S Pascoe, Lisa F Langhaug, Jeffrey Dirawo, Samson Chidiya, Shabbar Jaffar, Michael Mbizvo, Judith M Stephenson, Anne M Johnson, Robert M Power, Godfrey Woelk, Richard J Hayes

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, University College London, London, UK. francesmcowan@yahoo.co.zw

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