Linkage of voluntary medical male circumcision clients to adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) services through Smart-LyncAges project in Zimbabwe: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

WHO recommended strengthening the linkages between various HIV prevention programmes and adolescent sexual reproductive health (ASRH) services. The Smart-LyncAges project piloted in Bulawayo city and Mt Darwin district of Zimbabwe established a referral system to link the voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) clients to ASRH services provided at youth centres. Since its inception in 2016, there has been no assessment of the performance of the referral system. Thus, we aimed to assess the proportion of young (10-24 years) VMMC clients getting 'successfully linked' to ASRH services and factors associated with 'not being linked'.

Design

This was a cohort study using routinely collected secondary data.

Setting

All three VMMC clinics of Mt Darwin district a

SUBMITTER: Makoni TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7223012 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature