Provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling in Rwanda: acceptability among clinic attendees and workers, reasons for testing and predictors of testing.

INTRODUCTION: Routine provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) may increase HIV testing rates, but whether PITC is acceptable to health facility (HF) attendees is unclear. In the course of a PITC intervention study in Rwanda, we assessed the acceptability of PITC, reasons for being or n...

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Main Authors: Felix R Kayigamba, Mirjam I Bakker, Judith Lammers, Veronicah Mugisha, Emmanuel Bagiruwigize, Anita Asiimwe, Maarten F Schim van der Loeff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3990638?pdf=render