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Volume 14, 2006 - Issue 28: Condoms yes, "abstinence" no
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Promoting Female Condoms in HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centres in Kenya

Lucy Mung’alaHead of Youth Services, Liverpool VCT, Care and Treatment, Nairobi, [email protected]
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Nduku KilonzoHead of Policy and Research, Liverpool VCT, Care and Treatment, Nairobi, Kenya
,
Patrick AngalaData Manager, VCT, Liverpool Care and Treatment, Nairobi, Kenya
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Sally TheobaldLecturer in Social Science and International Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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Miriam TaegtmeyerHonorary Fellow, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
Pages 99-103 | Published online: 10 Nov 2006

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