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Increasing voluntary medical male circumcision uptake among adult men in Tanzania. [PDF]

AIDS, 2017
OBJECTIVE: We evaluated a demand-creation intervention to increase voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) uptake among men aged 20-34 years in Tanzania, to maximise short-term impact on HIV incidence.
Changalucha, John, Grund, Jonathan M, Hayes, Richard J, Kuringe, Evodius, Larke, Natasha, Lija, Gissenge, Mahler, Hally, Makokha, Maende, Mshana, Gerry, Plotkin, Marya, Terris-Prestholt, Fern, VMMC-Tanzania Study Group, Wambura, Mwita, Weiss, Helen A   +13 more
core   +4 more sources

Evaluation of Four Interventions Using Behavioral Economics Insights to Increase Demand for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in South Africa Through the MoyaApp: A Quasi-Experimental Study. [PDF]

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text. Background: While voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of HIV transmission by 60%, circumcision coverage falls short of the UNAIDS 90% VMMC target.
Mistri P, Tomescu S, Bokolo S, De Nooy A, Pisa PT, Grove S, Schmucker L, Chetty-Makkan C, Long L, Buttenheim A, Maughan-Brown B.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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   +2 more sources

The Cost of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in South Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Given compelling evidence associating voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) with men's reduced HIV acquisition through heterosexual intercourse, South Africa in 2010 began scaling up VMMC.
Michel Tchuenche, Eurica Palmer, Vibhuti Haté, Ananthy Thambinayagam, Dayanund Loykissoonlal, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Steven Forsythe   +6 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Keloids as a rare complication of voluntary medical male circumcision: findings from PEPFAR's notifiable adverse events reporting system. [PDF]

BMC Urol
Keloids are rare but challenging complications in penile surgeries, including circumcision. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) supports voluntary medical male circumcisions (VMMC) for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa, and has ...
Davis S, Akom E, Kiggundu V, Nabukera S, Thomas A, Simbeye D, Rwabiyago OE, Mmbando S, Kayange A, Fida N, Mandisarisa J, Mhuka T, Msungama W, Kapito M, Matchere F, Maulidi M, Odoyo-June E, Soo L, Juma A, Lucas T.   +19 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Barriers and enablers to the utilisation of prison-based voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) among incarcerated men: a qualitative study from Maula Prison, Malawi. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
The prevalence of HIV in Malawi is 7.1% among the general population and 16% among men who are incarcerated, indicating a widespread epidemic. To enhance HIV prevention in the nation, the Ministry of Health has made efforts to offer voluntary medical ...
Munthali NT, Musiige A, Mtambo J, Chirambo T, Nyirenda L.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Women's roles in voluntary medical male circumcision in Nyanza Province, Kenya. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Women are an important audience for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) communication messages so that they know that VMMC provides only partial protection against HIV.
Michele Lanham, Kelly L L'engle, Mores Loolpapit, Isaac Onyango Oguma   +3 more
doaj   +4 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   +3 more sources

Behavior change pathways to voluntary medical male circumcision: narrative interviews with circumcision clients in Zambia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
As an HIV prevention strategy, the scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is underway in 14 countries in Africa. For prevention impact, these countries must perform millions of circumcisions in adolescent and adult men before 2015 ...
Jessica E Price, Lyson Phiri, Drosin Mulenga, Paul C Hewett, Stephanie M Topp, Nicholas Shiliya, Karin Hatzold   +6 more
doaj   +5 more sources