Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 15, Issue 29 , Pages 57-61 , May 2007

Roundtable: Delivery of Male Circumcision Services: “Festina lente”*

  • Anne Buvé

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, STD/HIV Research and Intervention Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium
    • ,
  • Thérèse Delvaux

      Affiliations

    • Lecturer, STD/HIV Research and Intervention Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium
    • ,
  • Bart Criel

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium

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PII: S0968-8080(07)29305-X

doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(07)29305-X

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 15, Issue 29 , Pages 57-61 , May 2007

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