Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 14, Issue 28 , Pages 99-103 , November 2006

Promoting Female Condoms in HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centres in Kenya

  • Lucy Mung'ala

      Affiliations

    • Head of Youth Services, Liverpool VCT, Care and Treatment, Nairobi, Kenya
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  • Nduku Kilonzo

      Affiliations

    • Head of Policy and Research, Liverpool VCT, Care and Treatment, Nairobi, Kenya
  • ,
  • Patrick Angala

      Affiliations

    • Data Manager, VCT, Liverpool Care and Treatment, Nairobi, Kenya
  • ,
  • Sally Theobald

      Affiliations

    • Lecturer in Social Science and International Health, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
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  • Miriam Taegtmeyer

      Affiliations

    • Honorary Fellow, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

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Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 14, Issue 28 , Pages 99-103 , November 2006