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 …

Systematic review of barriers and facilitators to voluntary medical male circumcision in priority countries and programmatic implications for service uptake

MA Carrasco, J Wilkinson, B Kasdan… - Global public …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is an effective biomedical HIV prevention
strategy. There is a need to identify key barriers and facilitators to VMMC uptake in priority …

A qualitative analysis of the barriers and facilitators of HIV counselling and testing perceived by adolescents in South Africa

M Strauss, B Rhodes, G George - BMC health services research, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background Youth in South Africa have been identified as a high-risk group for
contracting HIV. In response, the South African Integrated School Health Policy (ISHP) has …

Knowledge, attitudes and acceptance of voluntary medical male circumcision among males attending high school in Shiselweni region, Eswatini: a cross sectional …

MH Shezi, B Tlou, S Naidoo - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
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 …

'If you are circumcised, you are the best': understandings and perceptions of voluntary medical male circumcision among men from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

H Humphries, H van Rooyen, L Knight… - Culture, health & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
While the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is increasing, South Africa
has only attained 20% of its target to circumcise 80% of adult men by 2015. Understanding …

Consent challenges and psychosocial distress in the scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision among adolescents in Western Kenya

WK Luseno, SH Field, BJ Iritani, S Rennie… - AIDS and Behavior, 2019 - Springer
Abstract In priority sub-Saharan African countries, on the ground observations suggest that
the success of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs should not be based …

Factors Associated with Low Uptake of Medical Male Circumcision Among Adolescent Boys in Tanzania: A Multinomial Logistic Regression Modeling

A Bendera, K Nakamura, K Seino… - HIV/AIDS-Research and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains the leading cause of years of life
lost among adolescent boys in eastern and southern Africa. Medical male circumcision …

Innovative demand creation strategies to increase voluntary medical male circumcision uptake: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in Zimbabwe

W Mavhu, M Neuman, K Hatzold, S Buzuzi… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Reaching men aged 20–35 years, the group at greatest risk of HIV, with
voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) remains a challenge. We assessed the impact …

Age differences in perceptions of and motivations for voluntary medical male circumcision among adolescents in South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe

EU Patel, MR Kaufman, KH Dam… - Clinical Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have set a Fast-Track goal to achieve 90% coverage of …

Missed opportunity: low uptake of VMMC among men attending the OPD of a public health facility offering free VMMC services in Uganda

RN Kiyai, DL Ejalu, D Kimuli - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Studies in various countries including Uganda and Kenya have shown a much
lower incidence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among men that underwent …