Knowledge, attitudes and acceptance of voluntary medical male circumcision among males attending high school in Shiselweni region, Eswatini: a cross sectional study [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background In countries such as Eswatini, where there is a high HIV prevalence and low male circumcision the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS recommend infant and adult circumcision be implemented.
Mirriam Hlelisani Shezi +2 more
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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 +2 more
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Facilitators and barriers to voluntary medical male circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy in Kavango East, Namibia [PDF]
South African Family Practice, 2023 Background: Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a strategy used to try to limit new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections, as it has the potential to reduce HIV and/or AIDS transmission from women to men by up to 60%.
Daniel O. Ashipala +2 more
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Reported Effectiveness of a Text-Based Post-Operative Care Intervention After Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) to Improve Quality of Care and Adverse Events Identification in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review. [PDF]
Health Sci RepABSTRACT Background and Aim Although the two‐way texting (2wT) intervention is a promising mobile‐health (mHealth) approach, limited research exists on its implementation, acceptability and potential benefits within Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) context.
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Women’s support for voluntary medical male circumcision in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria, Uganda [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Background Women’s support can improve uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC). We assessed the level of women’s support for VMMC and associated factors in fishing settlements on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda, to inform interventions
Aggrey Byaruhanga +7 more
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SAGE Open Medicine, 2019 Background: With the rapidly-increased HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men worldwide, the effectiveness of voluntary medical male circumcision as the tool of HIV prevention still remains undetermined.
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The development of an explanatory model for voluntary medical male circumcision in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa [PDF]
South African Family Practice, 2021 Background: KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) remains the epicentre of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic in South Africa.
Celenkosini T. Nxumalo, Gugu G. Mchunu
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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 [PDF]
BMC Public HealthDespite 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 +2 more
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South African Family Practice, 2021 Background: There is compelling evidence that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the chances of heterosexual transmission of HIV infection.
Celenkosini T. Nxumalo, Gugu G. Mchunu
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Mapping male circumcision for HIV prevention efforts in sub-Saharan Africa
BMC Medicine, 2020 Background HIV remains the largest cause of disease burden among men and women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa. Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of female-to-male transmission of HIV by 50–60%.
Michael A. Cork +25 more
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