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Effect of Providing Conditional Economic Compensation on Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Kenya: A Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]

, 2014
Novel strategies are needed to increase the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in sub-Saharan Africa and enhance the effectiveness of male circumcision as an HIV prevention ...
Evens, Emily, Masters, Samuel H., Omanga, Eunice, Lanham, Michele, Bronson, Megan A., Rao, Samwel, Agot, Kawango, Thirumurthy, Harsha   +7 more
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Modifying the health system to maximize voluntary medical male circumcision uptake: a qualitative study in Botswana

, 2017
Bazghina-Werq Semo,1,2 Kathleen E Wirth,1–4 Conrad Ntsuape,5 Scott Barnhart,1 Nora J Kleinman,1,2,6 Nankie Ramabu,2 Jessica Broz,2 Jenny H Ledikwe1,2 1Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; 2Botswana International ...
Semo BW, Ntsuape C, Ledikwe JH, Kleinman NJ, Ramabu N, Wirth KE, Barnhart S, Broz J   +7 more
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Factors Associated with Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Among Male Adults in Maswa District [PDF]

The study determined the factors associated with uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among male adults in Maswa district. The study was guided by three specific objectives; to assess the effect of knowledge on voluntary medical male ...
Kimath, Shangwe J.
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Optimising the use of economic interventions to increase demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Kenya

De-identified Stata dataset and do-file used to publish the report to 3ie on the project, "Optimising the use of economic interventions to increase demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Kenya" (project code TW3.05).
Omanga, Eunice, Rao, Samwel Ogik, Masters, Sam, Murray, Kate, Agot, Kawango, Thirumurthy, Harsha   +5 more
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A prospective cohort study of safety and patient satisfaction of voluntary medical male circumcision in Botswana.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Randomized trials have shown that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) significantly reduces the risk of HIV acquisition in men. However, the rate of complications associated with the surgical procedure varies from 0.7% to 37.4% in real-world ...
Kathleen E Wirth, Bazghina-Werq Semo, Lisa P Spees, Conrad Ntsuape, Scott Barnhart, Jenny H Ledikwe   +5 more
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The use of peer referral incentives to increase demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Zambia

De-identified Stata dataset and do-file used to publish the report to 3ie on the project, "The use of peer referral incentives to increase demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Zambia" (project code TW3.16).
Lyabola, Lane-Lee, Zanolini, Arianna, Kaonga, Albert, Bolton, Carolyn, Phiri, Gabriel, Thirumurthy, Harsha, Samona, Alick   +6 more
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Support for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) for HIV Prevention among Men and Women in Zimbabwe [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Medical male circumcision was introduced in Zimbabwe in 2009 as an additional HIV prevention method. This study sought to investigate support for the roll-out of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) and men’s willingness to get ...
Chikutsa, Antony, Maharaj, Pranitha
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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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Could Circumcision of HIV-Positive Males Benefit Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Programs in Africa? Mathematical Modeling Analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2017
BackgroundThe epidemiological and programmatic implications of inclusivity of HIV-positive males in voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs are uncertain.
Susanne F Awad, Sema K Sgaier, Fiona K Lau, Yousra A Mohamoud, Bushimbwa C Tambatamba, Katharine E Kripke, Anne G Thomas, Naomi Bock, Jason B Reed, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Laith J Abu-Raddad   +10 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