"These questions were the focus of a formative research study recently completed in Nairobi, Kenya, and Kampala and Masaka, Uganda, by researchers from Makerere University, the AIDS Information Centre, and the University of Nairobi, with support from the Horizons Project. Researchers used focus groups, in depth interviews, and surveys directed to youth, parents, service providers, community members, and policymakers to ask about young people’s experiences with and attitudes about counseling and testing and how VCT services can become more youth-friendly. In all, researchers spoke to 572 young people, ages 14 to 21, in all three cities. Of those who had been tested, 84 were male and 156 female; of untested youth, 164 were male and 168 female."