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Achieving the HIV prevention impact of voluntary medical male circumcision: lessons and challenges for managing programs. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2014
Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is capable of reducing the risk of sexual transmission of HIV from females to males by approximately 60%. In 2007, the WHO and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) recommended making VMMC part
Sema K Sgaier, Jason B Reed, Anne Thomas, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli   +3 more
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Voluntary medical male circumcision and HIV in Zambia: expectations and observations

Journal of Biosocial Science, 2019
AbstractThe study analysed the HIV/AIDS situation in Zambia six years after the onset of mass campaigns of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC). The analysis was based on data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in 2001, 2007 and 2013.
Michel Garenne, Alan Matthews
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Social representations of male circumcision as prophylaxis against HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organisation recommended the scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) as an additional HIV prevention method in 2007 and several countries with high HIV prevalence rates including Zimbabwe have since adopted the
Antony Chikutsa, Pranitha Maharaj
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Voluntary medical male circumcision versus religio-cultural circumcision and initiation rites: The case of Varemba of Mwenezi district in response to the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Zimbabwe

Theologia Viatorum, 2019
Male circumcision has long been associated with religious or cultural rituals which bestow culturally valuable status. In some communities, circumcision is believed to provide concomitant access to economic and spiritual resources such as land and the ...
Onias Matumbu, Vengesai Chimininge
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Voluntary medical male circumcision: logistics, commodities, and waste management requirements for scale-up of services. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2011
BACKGROUND: The global HIV prevention community is implementing voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs across eastern and southern Africa, with a goal of reaching 80% coverage in adult males by 2015.
Dianna Edgil, Petra Stankard, Steven Forsythe, Dino Rech, Kristin Chrouser, Tigistu Adamu, Sameer Sakallah, Anne Goldzier Thomas, Jennifer Albertini, David Stanton, Kim Eva Dickson, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli   +11 more
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Knowledge on voluntary medical male circumcision in a low uptake setting in northern Uganda [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2018
Free VMMC services have been available in Uganda since 2010. However, uptake in Northern Uganda remains disproportionately low. We aimed to determine if this is due to men's insufficient knowledge on VMMC, and if women's knowledge on VMMC has any association with VMMC status of their male sexual partners.In this cross sectional study, participants were
Frederick Makumbi, David Serwadda, Barbara M. Nanteza, Grace Bua Mongo, Ronald H. Gray, Edward Nelson Kankaka   +5 more
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Simplifying the ShangRing technique for circumcision in boys and men: use of the no-flip technique with randomization to removal at 7 days versus spontaneous detachment

Asian Journal of Andrology, 2019
To assess safety of the no-flip ShangRing male circumcision technique and to determine clinical course and safety of spontaneous detachment (i.e., allowing the device to fall off), we conducted a case series of no-flip ShangRing circumcision combined ...
Mark A Barone, Philip S Li, Richard K Lee, Daniel Ouma, Millicent Oundo, Mukhaye Barasa, Jairus Oketch, Patrick Otiende, Nixon Nyangweso, Mary Maina, Nicholas Kiswi, Betty Chirchir, Marc Goldstein, Quentin D Awori   +13 more
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Factors influencing voluntary medical male circumcision among men aged 18-50 years in Kibera Division [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) is the surgical removal of all or part of the foreskin from the penis. It is done for medical reasons as it has been shown to reduce the risk of female to male transmission of HIV by up to 60%.
Gikunju, JK, Mbugua, GG, Muthami, L, Nyaga, EM   +3 more
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"If You Are Not Circumcised, I Cannot Say Yes": The Role of Women in Promoting the Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2015
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention in Tanzania was introduced by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in 2010 as part of the national HIV prevention strategy. A qualitative study was conducted prior to a cluster randomized
Changalucha, John, Grund, Jonathan, Kuringe, Evodius, Mahler, Hally, Mshana, Gerry, Neke, Nyasule, Osaki, Haika, Plotkin, Marya, Terris-Prestholt, Fern, Wambura, Mwita, Weiss, Helen   +10 more
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"After my husband's circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases": Women's Attitudes and Risk Perceptions Towards Male Circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
While male circumcision reduces the risk of female-to-male HIV transmission and certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs), there is little evidence that circumcision provides women with direct protection against HIV.
A Herman-Roloff, B Auvert, BA Friedland, Caitlin E. Kennedy, Catherine Shembilu, CL Mattson, D William Cameron, Erica H. Layer, G Guest, G Kigozi, HA Weiss, HR Mahler, J Dushoff, JM Morse, K Charmaz, K Lundsby, L Eaton, LA Eaton, Lilian Mgeni, M Plotkin, M Sandelowski, M Westercamp, MJ Wawer, MM Cassell, N Andersson, N Fielding, N Larke, PC Hewett, R Gray, RA Alsallaq, RC Bailey, RC Bailey, RH Gray, RH Gray, Romani B. Momburi, S Kalichman, Sarah W. Beckham, SM Maregesi, TB Hallett, TB Hallett   +39 more
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