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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 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
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Integration of a vertical voluntary medical male circumcision program into routine health services in Zimbabwe: A solution for sustainable HIV prevention. [PDF]

PLOS Glob Public Health
The global health community has recognized the importance of integrating and sustaining health programs within national health systems rather than managing stand-alone ‘vertical’ interventions.
Chung AM, Murungu J, Chitapi P, Chikodzore R, Case P, Gosling J, Gosling R, Xaba S, Ncube G, Mugurungi O, Kunaka P, Bertozzi SM, Feldacker C.   +12 more
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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, Boikhutso Tlou, Saloshni Naidoo   +2 more
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Developing a framework for understanding policy decision-making behaviors in the transition of an HIV prevention program towards sustainability: a case study from Zambia's voluntary medical male circumcision program. [PDF]

Gates Open Res
Faced with declining donor funding for HIV, low- and middle-income countries must identify efficient and cost-effective ways to integrate HIV prevention programs into public health systems for long-term sustainability.
Gantayat N, Baer J, Gangaramany A, Kretschmer S, Surana R, Samona A, Mukamba N, Jere B, Chinsenga T, Prasad R, Goetschius S, Sharma S.   +11 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

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
doaj   +4 more sources

Uptake and perceptions of voluntary medical male circumcision among HIV-negative men in serodiscordant relationships in Zambia (2012-2015). [PDF]

PLoS One
Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a recommended HIV prevention strategy that few studies have promoted to HIV-negative men in serodiscordant relationships.
Malama K, Allen S, Parker R, Inambao M, Sharkey T, Tichacek A, Wall KM, Kilembe W.   +7 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

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, Trymore B. Nhokwara, Medusalem H. Joel   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Correction: The Cost of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in South Africa. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160207.].
Michel Tchuenche, Eurica Palmer, Vibhuti Haté, Ananthy Thambinayagam, Dayanund Loykissoonlal, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Steven Forsythe   +6 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Strengthening evidence for text-based telehealth in post-operative care: A pragmatic study of the reach and effectiveness of two-way, text-based follow-up after voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa. [PDF]

PLoS One
Building upon evidence of safety and efficiency gains from a randomized control trial (RCT) in South Africa, we further scaled implementation of two-way, short message service (SMS), text-based (2wT) follow-up after voluntary medical male circumcision ...
Feldacker C, Fabens I, Dong TQ, Moyo K, Makhele C, Phohole M, Igaba N, Hlongwane S, Pienaar J, Sardini M, Ndebele F, Tweya H, Holec M, Waweru E, Setswe G.   +14 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

How Does Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Reduce HIV Risk? [PDF]

Curr HIV/AIDS Rep, 2022
Purpose of Review Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a surgical procedure that reduces HIV acquisition risk by almost two-thirds. However, global implementation is lagging, in part due to VMMC hesitancy. A better understanding of the mechanism(
Prodger JL, Galiwango RM, Tobian AAR, Park D, Liu CM, Kaul R.   +5 more
europepmc   +4 more sources