1542The Effect of Physical Proximity of HIV Testing Centers on HIV Testing Uptake in Northern Tanzania
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Testing Uptake in Northern Tanzania Julia Beamesderfer; Andrew Weinhold; Julian Hertz; O. Michael Munishi; John A. Crump; Elizabeth Reddy; Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, NC; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Duke Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research, Durham, NC; Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania; Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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