Voluntary medical male circumcision: strategies for meeting the human resource needs of scale-up in southern and eastern Africa.

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Published in PLoS Med on November 29, 2011

Authors

Kelly Curran1, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Andrew Mirelman, Kim Dickson, Tigistu Adamu, Peter Cherutich, Hally Mahler, Bennett Fimbo, Thembisile Khumalo Mavuso, Jennifer Albertini, Laura Fitzgerald, Naomi Bock, Jason Reed, Delivette Castor, David Stanton

Author Affiliations

1: Jhpiego, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. kcurran@jhpiego.net

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