Factors associated with access to HIV care services in eastern Uganda: the Kumi home based HIV counseling and testing program experience.

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Published in BMC Fam Pract on November 03, 2015

Authors

David Lubogo1, John Bosco Ddamulira2, Raymond Tweheyo3, Henry Wamani4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Community Health and Behavioural Sciences, Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, P.O.Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda. Lubogodad@yahoo.com.
2: Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda. jddamulira@musph.ac.ug.
3: Department of Health Policy Planning and Management, Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda. rtweheyo@musph.ac.ug.
4: Department of Community Health and Behavioural Sciences, Makerere University, College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, P.O.Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda. hwamani@musph.ac.ug.

Associated clinical trials:

PROvide MIner-friendly SErvices for Integrated TB/HIV Care in Lesotho Study (PROMISE) | NCT03537872

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