A critical assessment of the WHO responsiveness tool: lessons from voluntary HIV testing and counselling services in Kenya.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on December 22, 2009

Authors

Mercy K Njeru1, Astrid Blystad, Isaac K Nyamongo, Knut Fylkesnes

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Public Health research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. mercy.njeru@cih.uib.no

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