Progress in voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention supported by the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through 2017: longitudinal and recent cross-sectional programme data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This article provides an overview and interpretation of the performance of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief's (PEPFAR's) male circumcision programme which has supported the majority of voluntary medical male circumcisions (VMMCs) performed for HIV prevention, from its 2007 inception to 2017, and client characteristics in 2017.

Design

Longitudinal collection of routine programme data and disaggregations.

Setting

14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with low baseline male circumcision coverage, high HIV prevalence and PEPFAR-supported VMMC programmes.

Participants

Clients of PEPFAR-supported VMMC programmes directed at males aged 10 years and above.

Main outcome measures

Numbers of circumcisions performed and disaggregations by age

SUBMITTER: Davis SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6120649 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature