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Scaling-up voluntary medical male circumcision – what have we learned?

HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2014
Jenny H Ledikwe,1,2,* Robert O Nyanga,1,* Jaclyn Hagon,2 Jessica S Grignon,1,2 Mulamuli Mpofu,1 Bazghina-werq Semo1,2 1International Training and Education Center for Health, Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana; 2Department of Global Health, University of ...
Ledikwe JH, Nyanga RO, Hagon J, Grignon JS, Mpofu M, Semo BW   +5 more
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Implementation and Operational Research: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial of AccuCirc Device Versus Mogen Clamp for Early Infant Male Circumcision in Zimbabwe. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Early infant male circumcision (EIMC) is a potential key HIV prevention intervention, providing it can be safely and efficiently implemented in sub-Saharan Africa.
Cowan, Frances M, Gwinji, Gerald, Hatzold, Karin, Larke, Natasha, Mangenah, Collin, Mavhu, Webster, Mufuka, Juliet, Mugurungi, Owen, Ncube, Getrude, Samkange, Christopher A, Sherman, Judith, Ticklay, Ismail, Weiss, Helen A   +12 more
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Prevalence and perceptions of voluntary medical male circumcision among University of Juba students, South Sudan

South Sudan Medical Journal
Introduction: Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is one of the key interventions against heterosexual spread of HIV. However,  its prevalence in South Sudan is not clearly understood.
K. Alier, Akway M. Cham, Jonathan Majok, K. Sube, Achan Nyang, Ezbon WApary, James Malek, John Makuei, Jok Malith, Lual Mayuol, Yak Adim   +10 more
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Need for improved detection of voluntary medical male circumcision adverse events in Mozambique: a mixed-methods assessment

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Adverse events (AE) resulting from voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) are commonly used to measure program quality. Mozambique’s VMMC program data reports a combined moderate and severe AE rate of 0.2% through passive surveillance ...
Atanásio Brito, Abigail Korn, Leonel Monteiro, Florindo Mudender, Adelina Maiela, Jotamo Come, Scott Barnhart, Caryl Feldacker   +7 more
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Replication Data for: Estimating the unit cost of voluntary medical male circumcision using surgical and device methods in integrated health settings in Kenya

, 2023
Parinita Bhattacharjee
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The determinants of HIV infection and related sexual behaviors : evidence from Lesotho [PDF]

This paper analyzes the socioeconomic determinants of HIV infection and related sexual behaviors using the 2004Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey.
Corno, Lucia, de Walque, Damien
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Islamic headscarves and female circumcision: Unveiling the threat posed by Islam to human rights [PDF]

, 2005
This paper is, in part, a response to the NZPGLeJ Editor-in-Chief Herman Salton’s article,“‘Veiled Threats?’ Islam, Headscarves and Freedom of Religion in France and the United States”, which was published in the first issue of this journal.
Williamson, Myra Elsie Jane Bell
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Comparative Cost of Early Infant Male Circumcision by Nurse-Midwives and Doctors in Zimbabwe [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: The 14 countries that are scaling up voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention are also considering early infant male circumcision (EIMC) to ensure longer-term reductions in HIV incidence.
Biddle, AK, Cowan, FM, Hatzold, K, Mangenah, C, Mavhu, W, Mugurungi, O, Ncube, G, Thirumurthy, H, Ticklay, I   +8 more
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Early resumption of sexual activity following voluntary medical male circumcision in Botswana: A qualitative study.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Unprotected sexual intercourse after undergoing voluntary medical male circumcision but prior to complete wound healing can lead to major adverse events including HIV acquisition.
Jenny H Ledikwe, Nankie M Ramabu, Lisa P Spees, Scott Barnhart, Conrad Ntsuape, Bazghina-Werq Semo, Kathleen E Wirth   +6 more
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Is there scope for cost savings and efficiency gains in HIV services? A systematic review of the evidence from low- and middle-income countries. [PDF]

, 2014
OBJECTIVE: To synthesize the data available--on costs, efficiency and economies of scale and scope--for the six basic programmes of the UNAIDS Strategic Investment Framework, to inform those planning the scale-up of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV ...
Aliyu, Anna Vassall, Aracena-Genao, Babigumira, Bautista-Arredondo, Bikilla, Binagwaho, Bratt, Brinkhof, Carol Dayo Obure, Chandrashekar, Chang, Claudia B Maier, Cleary, Contreras-Hernandez, Creese, Dandona, Dandona, Dandona, Dandona, Dandona, Deghaye, Drummond, Forsythe, Fung, Galárraga, Galárraga, Grabbe, Guinness, Guinness, Harling, Harling, Hausler, Hounton, Hsu, Jaffar, John, John, Johns, Karl L Dehne, Kevany, Kitajima, Koenig, Kumar, Kumaranayake, Long, Long, Loubiere, Mariana Siapka, Marques, Marseille, Marseille, Martinson, McConnel, Menzies, Menzies, Menzies, Michelle Remme, Minh, Moher, Moses, Nakakeeto, Negin, Obure, Orlando, Renaud, Robberstad, Rosen, Santa-Ana-Tellez, Schwartländer, Shepperd, Siregar, Stringer, Sweat, Sweeney, Söderlund, Terris-Prestholt, Terris-Prestholt, Tumwesigye, Uyei, Vassall, Vickerman, Walker, Wilkinson, Zachariah, Zeng   +85 more
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