Adult male circumcision in Nyanza, Kenya at scale: the cost and efficiency of alternative service delivery modes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adult male circumcision (MC) services in Kenya are provided through both horizontal and vertical programs, and via facility-based, mobile and outreach service delivery. This study assesses the costs and composition of unit costs for each program approach and service delivery mode and assess the cost-effectiveness of each.

Methods

This study was conducted on the unit costs of adult MC delivery in 222 purposively-selected MC delivery sites in Nyanza Province, Kenya from November 2008 through April 2010 using program data from the AIDS, Population, and Health Integrated Assistance Project II (APHIA II) and from the Nyanza Reproductive Health Society (NRHS). The former program can be characterized as horizontal or integrated; the latter as 'diagonal'; containing both

SUBMITTER: Marseille E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3902184 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature