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Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision's (VMMC) Strategy for HIV prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa, prevalence, risks, costs, benefits and best practice: A scoping review of progress and unfolding insights.

medRxiv
Campaigns to scale up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) for the prevention of HIV transmission has been going on for years in selected Southern African countries, following recommendations from the World Health Organisations. Despite significant
C. Maibvise, T. Munangatire, Nector Tomas, D. Ashipala, Priscilla S. Dlamini   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of four interventions using behavioural economics insights to increase demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa through the MoyaApp: A quasi-experimental study.

medRxiv
Background While voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of HIV transmission by 60%, circumcision coverage falls short of the UNAIDS 90% target. We investigated whether behaviourally informed message framing increased demand for VMMC.
Preethi Mistri, Silviu Tomescu, S. Bokolo, Alexandra De Nooy, Pedro T Pisa, Skye Grove, Laura Schmucker, C. Chetty-Makkan, Lawrence Long, Alison N Buttenheim, Brendan Maughan-Brown   +10 more
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Behavior Change and HIV Prevention: (Re)Considerations for the 21st Century [PDF]

, 2008
Outlines the evidence base for the effectiveness of HIV-prevention programs aimed at reducing high-risk behaviors. Discusses elements of successful programs, challenges and limitations, and recommendations for expanding behavioral prevention ...

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Increasing Coverage of Antiretroviral Therapy and Male Medical Circumcision in HIV Hyperendemic Countries: A Cost-Benefit Analysis [PDF]

, 2015
HIV continues to cause the largest number of disability-adjusted life years of any disease in HIV hyperendemic countries (i.e., countries with an adult HIV prevalence >15%).
Bloom, David E., Bärnighausen, Till, Geldsetzer, Pascal, Humair, Salal   +3 more
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Tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities, challenges, and change in the era of antiretroviral treatment.

, 2006
Rapid scale-up of antiretroviral treatment programmes is happening in Africa, driven by international advocacy and policy directives and supported by unprecedented donor funding and technical assistance.
Churchyard, Gavin J, Corbett, Elizabeth L, De Cock, Kevin M, Marston, Barbara   +3 more
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Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Male circumcision (MC) status and genital infection risk are interlinked and MC is now part of HIV prevention programs worldwide. Current MC prevalence is not known for all countries globally.
Aaron A. R. Tobian, BJ Morris, Brian J. Morris, Catherine A. Hankins, Esther B. Henebeng, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Joya Banerjee, Richard G. Wamai   +7 more
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The knowledge, the will and the power : a plan of action to meet the HIV prevention needs of Africans living in England [PDF]

, 2008
The Knowledge, The Will and The Power is a statement of what we, the NAHIP Partners, plan to do to prevent HIV transmissions occurring during sexual activity among the diverse population of Africans living in England (Chapter 1). We describe the size and
Chaula, J., Chinouya, Martha, Dodds, Catherine, Ford, H., Weatherburn, P.   +4 more
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Cohort study of the implementation of a Unicirc circumcision training program in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Journal of Urology
Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a key intervention to prevent HIV transmission, but open surgical circumcision requires extensive training and lacks the capacity for further upscaling.
Peter S. Millard, Bonginkosi Eugene Khumalo   +1 more
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The WHO public-health approach to antiretroviral treatment against HIV in resource-limited settings.

, 2006
WHO has proposed a public-health approach to antiretroviral therapy (ART) to enable scaling-up access to treatment for HIV-positive people in developing countries, recognising that the western model of specialist physician management and advanced ...
Crowley, Siobhan, De Cock, Kevin, Ekpini, René, Gilks, Charles F, Gove, Sandy, Guerma, Teguest, Perriens, Jos, Souteyrand, Yves, Sutherland, Don, Vitoria, Marco   +9 more
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A Reevaluation of the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Scale-Up Plan in Zimbabwe.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundThe voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) program in Zimbabwe aims to circumcise 80% of males aged 13-29 by 2017. We assessed the impact of actual VMMC scale-up to date and evaluated the impact of potential alterations to the program to ...
Susanne F Awad, Sema K Sgaier, Gertrude Ncube, Sinokuthemba Xaba, Owen M Mugurungi, Mutsa M Mhangara, Fiona K Lau, Yousra A Mohamoud, Laith J Abu-Raddad   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source