Implementation of couples' voluntary HIV counseling and testing services in Durban, South Africa.

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Published in BMC Public Health on July 02, 2015

Authors

William Kilembe1, Kristin M Wall2,3, Mammekwa Mokgoro4, Annie Mwaanga5, Elisabeth Dissen6, Miriam Kamusoko7, Hilda Phiri8, Jean Sakulanda9, Jonathan Davitte10, Tarylee Reddy11, Mark Brockman12, Thumbi Ndung'u13,14, Susan Allen15,16

Author Affiliations

1: Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. wkilembe@rzhrg-mail.org.
2: Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. kmwall@emory.edu.
3: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, 4011, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. kmwall@emory.edu.
4: HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of Kwa Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa. mammekwa@gmail.com.
5: Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. amwaanga@rzhrg-mail.org.
6: Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. elisabeth.dissen@gmail.com.
7: HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of Kwa Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa. KamusokoM@ukzn.ac.za.
8: Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. hphiri@rzhrg-mail.org.
9: Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. jsakulanda@rzhrg-mail.org.
10: Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. jdavitte@gmail.com.
11: Medical Research Council, Biostatistics unit, Durban, South Africa. Tarylee.Reddy@mrc.ac.za.
12: Faculty of Health Sciences and Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada. mark_brockman@sfu.ca.
13: HIV Pathogenesis Programme, Doris Duke Medical Research Institute, University of Kwa Zulu Natal, Durban, South Africa. Ndungu@ukzn.ac.za.
14: KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV (K-RITH), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. Ndungu@ukzn.ac.za.
15: Rwanda Zambia HIV Research Group, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. sallen5@emory.edu.
16: Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. sallen5@emory.edu.

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