[HTML][HTML] HIV prevention in adolescents and young people in the Eastern and Southern African region: A review of key challenges impeding actions for an effective …

K Govender, WGB Masebo, P Nyamaruze… - The Open AIDS …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The global commitment to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 places HIV prevention at the
centre of the response. With the disease continuing to disproportionately affect young …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on voluntary medical male circumcision services for HIV prevention, sub-Saharan Africa, 2020

ME Peck, KS Ong, T Lucas, A Prainito… - Emerging Infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Beginning in March 2020, to reduce COVID-19 transmission, the US President's Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief supporting voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services was …

Adolescent sexual and reproductive health services and implications for the provision of voluntary medical male circumcision: results of a systematic literature review

MR Kaufman, M Smelyanskaya, LM Van Lith… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a critical HIV prevention tool.
Since 2007, sub-Saharan African countries with the highest prevalence of HIV have been …

Messaging matters: achieving equity in the HIV response through public health communication

T Taggart, TD Ritchwood, K Nyhan, Y Ransome - The Lancet HIV, 2021 - thelancet.com
Public health messages shape how the world understands the HIV epidemic. Considerable
inequalities remain in HIV care continuum indicators by subpopulation and geography (eg …

Service delivery interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: A systematic review

K Atkins, PT Yeh, CE Kennedy, VA Fonner, MD Sweat… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) remains an essential component
of combination HIV prevention services, particularly in priority countries in sub-Saharan …

Effectiveness of voluntary medical male circumcision for human immunodeficiency virus prevention in Rakai, Uganda

G Loevinsohn, G Kigozi, J Kagaayi… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The efficacy of voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) for human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention in men was demonstrated in 3 randomized trials …

Age targeting of voluntary medical male circumcision programs using the Decision Makers' Program Planning Toolkit (DMPPT) 2.0

K Kripke, M Opuni, M Schnure, S Sgaier, D Castor… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite considerable efforts to scale up voluntary medical male circumcision
(VMMC) for HIV prevention in priority countries over the last five years, implementation has …

Voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: A global overview

C Zhang, SH Vermund - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review With the promise of HIV prevention, there has been a scale-up
of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in high HIV incidence/low circumcision …

Adolescent male circumcision for HIV prevention in high priority countries: Opportunities for improvement

C Lane, RC Bailey, C Luo… - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Global experts recognize the need to transform conventional models of healthcare to create
adolescent responsive health systems. As countries near 80% coverage of voluntary …

Community engagement for the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) program: an analysis of key stakeholder roles to promote a sustainable program in …

JM Zulu, T Mwamba, A Rosen… - Gates Open …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Within the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) programme,
community engagement has been central in facilitating the acceptance of VMMC, especially …