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Health Care for Women International Volume 35, 2014 - Issue 7-9: Research on Women’s Health in Africa: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities
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“I May Not Say We Really Have a Method, It Is Gambling Work”: Knowledge and Acceptability of Safer Conception Methods Among Providers and HIV Clients in Uganda

Sarah Finocchario-KesslerDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Rhoda WanyenzeDepartment of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Deborah MindryCenter for Culture and Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USAView further author information
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Jolly Beyeza-KashesyaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mulago Hospital, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Kathy GogginHealth Services and Outcomes Research, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri, USA;Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USAView further author information
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Christine NabiryoThe AIDS Support Organization, Kampala, UgandaView further author information
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Glenn WagnerRAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California, USAView further author information
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Pages 896-917 | Received 01 Nov 2013, Accepted 12 May 2014, Published online: 08 Aug 2014

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