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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Comprehensive Knowledge, Attitudes, Behaviors, and Associated Factors of HIV/AIDS in Gondar City Public Health Facilities Among HIV Testing and Counselling Service Users, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022; an Ordinal Logistic Regression Analysis

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Pages 713-726 | Received 17 Oct 2023, Accepted 25 Nov 2023, Published online: 07 Dec 2023

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