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Factors Associated with Low Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision as HIV-Prevention Strategy among Men Aged 18–49 Years from Nyanza District, Rwanda

HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2021
Pascal Nzamwita,1,2 Emmanuel Biracyaza1,3 1Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda; 2Department of Prevention, ADIS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda; 3District Manager of ...
Nzamwita P, Biracyaza E
doaj  

Evaluation of the HIV Case‐Based Surveillance System in Dire Dawa City Administration, Ethiopia. A Descriptive Cross‐Sectional Study

AIDS Research and Treatment, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Background Ethiopia started the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) case‐based surveillance (CBS) system along with Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) in June 2021. From January to June 2022, only five out of 14 CBS implementing health facilities in Dire Dawa City, Ethiopia, reported 35 newly diagnosed HIV patients through the REDCap Database ...
Fitsum Hagos, Aklesiya Kassahun, Ashenafi Sisay, Anto Sam Crosslee Louis Sam Titus   +3 more
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Projected impact, costs and savings from the VMMC program in a 'status quo' background context, relative to the counterfactual scenario of no VMMC program ever.

, 2018
Projected impact, costs and savings from the VMMC program in a 'status quo' background context, relative to the counterfactual scenario of no VMMC program ever.
Leo Beacroft (5532908), Jessica B. McGillen (5532920), Rumbidzai Manzou (510783), Getrude Ncube (291446), Sinokuthemba Xaba (559965), John Stover (26888), Daniel J. Klein (316359), Patrick Odawo (5532917), Eline L. Korenromp (157311), Geraldine N. Chipendo (5532914), Timothy B. Hallett (89580), Mutsa Mhangara (2188522), Isaac Taramusi (5532911)   +12 more
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Communication-related factors influencing the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among men in Lilongwe Urban, Malawi

Cogent Medicine, 2021
:  Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) has been promoted as an effective biomedical intervention in the reduction of the risk of new HIV and STI infections. The government of Malawi and its stakeholders including the World Health Organization have
Peter Mhagama, Patrick Makono, Chimwemwe Tsitsi   +2 more
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World’s Largest Tonsillolith Removal: A Case Report With Literature Review of Large Tonsil Stones on Record

Case Reports in Otolaryngology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Tonsil stones or tonsilloliths are mineralised concretions in the crypts of palatine tonsils. They are usually small and asymptomatic. Sometimes, they can be recurrent, large in size and produce symptoms like a sense of foreign body in throat, mild pain and heaviness in throat and halitosis.
Anukaran Mahajan, Anubhuti Dhanuka, Karunesh Gupta, Poulami Jha   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

HIV incidence and prevalence among adults in Mozambique: estimates from the Population‐based HIV Impact Assessment Survey (INSIDA 2021) and district‐level modelling

Journal of the International AIDS Society, Volume 28, Issue 11, November 2025.
Abstract Introduction Accurate information is needed to prioritize programmes and resources that address gaps in the HIV response. We examined findings from the 2021 Mozambique Population‐based HIV Impact Assessment (INSIDA) survey, complemented with subnational model‐based estimates of the number of new infections and district‐level incidence to gauge
Eduardo Samo Gudo, K. Carter McCabe, Erika Fazito, Daniel Catano, Orrin Tiberi, Makini Boothe, Jordan McOwen, Jeffrey W. Imai‐Eaton, Oliver Stevens, Lourena Manembe, Wafaa M. El‐Sadr   +10 more
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Support for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) for HIV Prevention among Men and Women in Zimbabwe [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Medical male circumcision was introduced in Zimbabwe in 2009 as an additional HIV prevention method. This study sought to investigate support for the roll-out of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) and men’s willingness to get ...
Chikutsa, Antony, Maharaj, Pranitha
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Deficits and opportunities, pivots and shifts for scaling-up voluntary medical male circumcision in Uganda: a qualitative reflexive thematic analysis study

BMC Public Health
Despite voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) being a cost-effective intervention for preventing HIV transmission, its scale-up has faced challenges. Several interventions to address these challenges in priority countries, including Uganda, have not
John Bekiita Byabagambi, Bruce Hollingsworth, Mark Limmer   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quality of voluntary medical male circumcision services during scale-up: a comparative process evaluation in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

PLoS ONE, 2014
BackgroundThe rapid expansion of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) has raised concerns whether health systems can deliver and sustain VMMC according to minimum quality criteria.Methods and findingsA comparative process evaluation was used to ...
Larissa Jennings, Jane Bertrand, Dino Rech, Steven A Harvey, Karin Hatzold, Christopher A Samkange, Dickens S Omondi Aduda, Bennett Fimbo, Peter Cherutich, Linnea Perry, Delivette Castor, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli   +11 more
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Effect of Community Dialogue on Self-Initiated Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) and Uptake of HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) among Male Residents of Homa-Bay County, Kenya

TEXILA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 2018
Background: Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces transmission of HIV by about 60%. The WHO and UNAIDS recommended it as a new HIV prevention intervention.
A. Ngetich
semanticscholar   +1 more source