Medicine & Health

Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention: Improving Quality, Efficiency, Cost Effectiveness, & Demand for Services during an Accelerated Scale-up

Published November 19, 2018 Partnered Collections, Special Issues

With new HIV infections in Sub-Saharan Africa occurring at a rate of 2.3 million each year, this new collection presents interim results from a large public health intervention of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) performed by health care practitioners to prevent new infections. This collection examines lessons learned from the scaled-up VMMC program since 2008. Research focuses on numerous programs, identifying strengths and challenges, including demand creation, quality of surgical services, data collection and cost controls.

Image Credit: (left) Sterling Riber, MFDI for Jhpiego/Tanzania, (right) Sgt. Adam Fischman, US Army Africa

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10.1371/journal.pmed.1001641

PLOS Medicine Achieving the HIV Prevention Impact of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Lessons and Challenges for Managing Programs
May 6, 2014 Sema Sgaier, Jason Reed, Anne Thomas, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli

Research Articles

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10.1371/journal.pone.0133369

PLOS ONE Improving the Quality of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision through Use of the Continuous Quality Improvement Approach: A Pilot in 30 PEPFAR-Supported Sites in Uganda
July 24, 2015 John Byabagambi, Pamela Marks, Humphrey Megere, Esther Karamagi, Sarah Byakika, Alex Opio, Jacqueline Calnan, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli
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10.1371/journal.pone.0085051

PLOS ONE Barriers and Motivators to Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Uptake among Different Age Groups of Men in Zimbabwe: Results from a Mixed Methods Study
May 6, 2014 Karin Hatzold, Webster Mavhu, Phineas Jasi, Kumbirai Chatora, Frances Cowan, Noah Taruberekera, Owen Mugurungi, Kim Ahanda, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli
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10.1371/journal.pone.0083642

PLOS ONE Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) in Tanzania and Zimbabwe: Service Delivery Intensity and Modality and Their Influence on the Age of Clients
May 6, 2014 Tigistu Ashengo, Karin Hatzold, Hally Mahler, Amelia Rock, Natasha Kanagat, Sophia Magalona, Kelly Curran, Alice Christensen, Delivette Castor, Owen Mugurungi, Roy Dhlamini, Sinokuthemba Xaba, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli
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10.1371/journal.pone.0079524

PLOS ONE Quality of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Services during Scale-Up: A Comparative Process Evaluation in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
May 6, 2014 Larissa Jennings, Jane Bertrand, Dino Rech, Steven Harvey, Karin Hatzold, Christopher Samkange, Dickens Omondi Aduda, Bennett Fimbo, Peter Cherutich, Linnea Perry, Delivette Castor, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli
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10.1371/journal.pone.0083614

PLOS ONE Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Programs Can Address Low HIV Testing and Counseling Usage and ART Enrollment among Young Men: Lessons from Lesotho
May 6, 2014 Virgile Kikaya, Laura Skolnik, Macarena GARCÍA, John Nkonyana, Kelly Curran, Tigistu ASHENGO
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10.1371/journal.pone.0082533

PLOS ONE Cost Analysis of Integrating the PrePex Medical Device into a Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program in Zimbabwe
May 6, 2014 Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Katharine Kripke, Karin Hatzold, Jason Reed, Dianna Edgil, Juan Jaramillo, Delivette Castor, Steven Forsythe, Sinokuthemba Xaba, Owen Mugurungi
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10.1371/journal.pone.0100775

PLOS ONE Correlates of Male Circumcision in Eastern and Southern African Countries: Establishing a Baseline Prior to VMMC Scale-Up
June 23, 2014 Khai Hoan Tram, Jane Bertrand
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10.1371/journal.pone.0084215

PLOS ONE Work Experience, Job-Fulfillment and Burnout among VMMC Providers in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
May 6, 2014 Linnea Perry, Dino Rech, Webster Mavhu, Sasha Frade, Michael Machaku, Mathews Onyango, Dickens Omondi Aduda, Bennett Fimbo, Peter Cherutich, Delivette Castor, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Jane Bertrand
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10.1371/journal.pone.0082911

PLOS ONE Provider Attitudes toward the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Scale-Up in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
May 6, 2014 Webster Mavhu, Sasha Frade, Ann-Marie Yongho, Margaret Farrell, Karin Hatzold, Michael Machaku, Mathews Onyango, Owen Mugurungi, Bennett Fimbo, Peter Cherutich, Dino Rech, Delivette Castor, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Jane Bertrand
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10.1371/journal.pone.0084271

PLOS ONE Surgical Efficiencies and Quality in the Performance of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Procedures in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe
May 6, 2014 Dino Rech, Jane Bertrand, Nicholas Thomas, Margaret Farrell, Jason Reed, Sasha Frade, Christopher Samkange, Walter Obiero, Kawango Agot, Hally Mahler, Delivette Castor, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli
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10.1371/journal.pone.0080577

PLOS ONE Implications of the Fast-Evolving Scale-Up of Adult Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for Quality of Services in South Africa
May 6, 2014 Dino Rech, Alexandra Spyrelis, Sasha Frade, Linnea Perry, Margaret Farrell, Rebecca Fertziger, Carlos Toledo, Delivette Castor, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Dayanund Loykissoonlal, Jane Bertrand
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10.1371/journal.pone.0083925

PLOS ONE Costs and Impacts of Scaling up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Tanzania
May 6, 2014 Veena Menon, Elizabeth Gold, Ramona Godbole, Delivette Castor, Hally Mahler, Steven Forsythe, Mariam Ally, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli
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10.1371/journal.pone.0083998

PLOS ONE Attitudes, Perceptions and Potential Uptake of Male Circumcision among Older Men in Turkana County, Kenya Using Qualitative Methods
May 6, 2014 Kate Macintyre, Katherine Andrinopoulos, Natome Moses, Marta Bornstein, Athanasius Ochieng, Erin Peacock, Jane Bertrand
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10.1371/journal.pone.0082518

PLOS ONE Systematic Monitoring of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Scale-Up: Adoption of Efficiency Elements in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe
May 6, 2014 Jane Bertrand, Dino Rech, Dickens Omondi Aduda, Sasha Frade, Mores Loolpapit, Michael Machaku, Mathews Onyango, Webster Mavhu, Alexandra Spyrelis, Linnea Perry, Margaret Farrell, Delivette Castor, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli
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10.1371/journal.pone.0084701

PLOS ONE Cost Drivers for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Using Primary Source Data from Sub-Saharan Africa
May 6, 2014 Lori Bollinger, Adebiyi Adesina, Steven Forsythe, Ramona Godbole, Elan Reuben, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli

From the Blogs

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Sterling Riber, MFDI for Jhpiego/Tanzania

Speaking of Medicine Assessing Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in a Unprecendented Public Health Intervention
May 6, 2014 Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Rhona MacDonald
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Sgt. Adam Fischman, US Army Africa

Speaking of Medicine Anatomy of a Collection: Q&A with Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Author of new PLOS VMMC Collection
May 6, 2014 Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Rhona MacDonald
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Jhpiego/Tanzania

Public Health Perspectives Male Circumcision Part 1: How It Can Get Us Closer to an “AIDS-Free Generation”
May 6, 2014 Victoria Costello
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Public Health Perspectives Male Circumcision Part 2: His Choice and Her Influence – Public Health
May 5, 2014 Lindsay Kobayashi
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Public Health Perspectives Male Circumcision Part 3: Why Some Men Resist the Next Best Thing to an AIDS Vaccine
May 8, 2015 Beth Skwarecki
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Emmanuel Njeuhmeli

Public Health Perspectives Male Circumcision Part 4: “Public Health is a Noble Profession”
May 9, 2014 Atif Kukaswadia
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Public Health Perspectives Male Circumcision Part 5: Measuring Health Provider Burnout
May 9, 2014 Atif Kukaswadia