Knowledge, attitudes, and barriers to HIV testing among youth in Kumba, Cameroon: A cross-sectional qualitative community-based focus group study

• Frederick Nchang Cho ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nchang.cho@gmail.com (FNC); Marieclairendim@gmail.com (MCFN)

  ¶☯ Frederick Nchang Cho and Marie Clarie Fien Ndim are joint first authors.

  Affiliations RAPHA Higher Institute of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Kumba, Cameroon, Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services – HIV Free/Strengthening Public Health Laboratory Systems, Douala, Cameroon, Infectious Disease Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6105-6388

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• Marie Clarie Fien Ndim ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nchang.cho@gmail.com (FNC); Marieclairendim@gmail.com (MCFN)

  ¶☯ Frederick Nchang Cho and Marie Clarie Fien Ndim are joint first authors.

  Affiliation RAPHA Higher Institute of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Kumba, Cameroon

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• Diane Zinkeng Tongwa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation RAPHA Higher Institute of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Kumba, Cameroon

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• Christabel Afor Tatah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation RAPHA Higher Institute of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Kumba, Cameroon

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• Franklin Ngwesse Ngome,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation RAPHA Higher Institute of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Kumba, Cameroon

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• Eugine Mbuh Nyanjoh ,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ Eugine Mbuh Nyanjoh and Andrew N Tassang are joint senior authors.

  Affiliation RAPHA Higher Institute of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Kumba, Cameroon

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• Andrew N Tassang

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ Eugine Mbuh Nyanjoh and Andrew N Tassang are joint senior authors.

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Atlantic Medical Foundation, Mutengene, Cameroon

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