Vasectomy as a proxy: extrapolating health system lessons to male circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy in Papua New Guinea.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on September 04, 2012

Authors

Anna Tynan1, Andrew Vallely, Angela Kelly, Greg Law, John Millan, Peter Siba, John Kaldor, Peter S Hill, Male Circumcision Acceptability and Impact Study, PNG (MCAIS)

Author Affiliations

1: Australian Centre for International & Tropical Health, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. anna.tynan@uqconnect.edu.au

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