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Adapting “MOVE” to Accelerate VMMC Coverage for HIV Prevention in Priority Populations: Implementation Experiences from Uganda’s Military Settings [PDF]

, 2021
This paper describes the WHO’s Model of Optimizing Volumes and Efficiencies (MOVE), adapted by the University Research Council (URC) - Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) to rapidly scale up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC)
A. Nyanzi, E. Lugada, D. Bwayo, V. Kasujja, C. Wamundu, N. Kak, H. Almossawi, J. Akao, L. Obangaber, T. Rwegyema, H. Mwenyango, F. K. Kinuthia, S. Lawoko, B. Kikaire, G. Seruwagi   +14 more
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What Messages are Adolescent Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Clients Getting and How? Findings From an Observational Study in Tanzania

AIDS and Behavior, 2016
Uncircumcised adolescent males in sub-Saharan Africa are an important group to reach with voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services due to high HIV burden occurring among this age group.
Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Augustino Hellar, Marya Plotkin   +2 more
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Evaluating Opportunities for Achieving Cost Efficiencies Through the Introduction of PrePex Device Male Circumcision in Adult VMMC Programs in Zambia and Zimbabwe

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), 2016
Background:Results from recent costing studies have put into question potential Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) cost savings with the introduction of the PrePex device.
Sinokuthemba Xaba
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Effectiveness of an intervention to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among men with sexually transmitted infections in Malawi: a preinterventional and postinterventional study

BMJ Open, 2023
Objective To evaluate the effect a multistrategy demand-creation and linkage intervention on voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) uptake, time to VMMC and predictors of VMMC uptake among men with sexually transmitted infections (STIs).Design ...
Mina C Hosseinipour, Beatrice Ndalama, Edward Jere, Esther Mathiya, Naomi Bonongwe, Blessings Kamtambe, Mitch M Matoga, Sara Jewett, Charles Chasela, Evaristar Kudowa, Maganizo Chagomerana   +10 more
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Prevalence and correlates of voluntary medical male circumcision adverse events among adult males in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia: A cross-sectional study.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundVoluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) is a key intervention in HIV/AIDS. Improving VMMC program uptake in Zambia requires careful monitoring of adverse events (AE) to inform program quality and safety. We investigate the prevalence of VMMC
Imukusi Mutanekelwa, Seter Siziya, Victor Daka, Elijah Kabelenga, Ruth L Mfune, Misheck Chileshe, David Mulenga, Herbert Tato Nyirenda, Christopher Nyirenda, Steward Mudenda, Bright Mukanga, Kasonde Bowa   +11 more
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Women's roles in voluntary medical male circumcision in Nyanza Province, Kenya. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Women are an important audience for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) communication messages so that they know that VMMC provides only partial protection against HIV.
Michele Lanham, Kelly L L'engle, Mores Loolpapit, Isaac Onyango Oguma   +3 more
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Circumcision as conquest: Masculinity in Eswatini’s voluntary medical male circumcision campaign materials

Global Public Health, 2023
As a public health intervention related to sexual transmission and involving genital surgery, male circumcision for HIV prevention necessarily relates to understandings of sexuality and gender, a relationship which public health campaign materials have ...
Sarah Rudrum
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The voluntary medical male circumcision Site Capacity and Productivity Assessment Tool (SCPT): An innovative visual management tool to optimize site service delivery

PLOS Global Public Health, 2022
Given constrained funding for HIV, achieving global goals on VMMC scale-up requires that providers improve service delivery operations and use labor and capital inputs as efficiently as possible to produce as many quality VMMCs as feasible. The Voluntary
Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Michel Tchuenche, Marjorie Opuni, Peter Stegman, Matt Hamilton, Steven Forsythe, Felix Nhaduco, Francisco Zita, Nuno Gaspar, Jotamo Come   +9 more
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Opinions on integrating couple counselling and female sexual reproductive health services into Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision services in Lilongwe, Malawi

PLoS ONE, 2022
Background Couples HIV Counselling and Testing (CHCT) has been found to be potentially beneficial than individual HIV Counselling and Testing for prevention and treatment of HIV.
Bertha Maseko, Agatha Bula, Simone Sasse, Annie Thom, Mercy Tsidya, Jennifer Tang, Mina C. Hosseinipour   +6 more
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Applying mathematical modelling to estimate the impact of COVID-19-related VMMC service disruptions on new HIV infections in Zimbabwe

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health systems with knock on effects on diagnosis, treatment, and care. To mitigate the impact, the government of Zimbabwe enforced a strict lockdown beginning 30 March 2020 which ran intermittently until ...
Newton Chagoma, Tiwonge Kanyenda, Bothwell Pindiwe, Howard Nyika, Lawrence Nyazema, J. Stover, Danielle Resar, Natsai Shoko, Sarah Y Jenkins, Y. Katanda, S. Xaba, O. Mugurungi   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source