Scaling Up and Sustaining Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Maintaining HIV Prevention Benefits

Emmanuel Njeuhmeli; Marelize Gorgens; Elizabeth Gold; Rachel Sanders; Jackson Lija; Alice Christensen; Francis Ndwiga Benson; Elizabeth Mziray; Kim Seifert Ahanda; Deborah Kaliel; Tin Tin Sint; Chewe Luo

doi:10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00159

Scaling Up and Sustaining Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Maintaining HIV Prevention Benefits

Glob Health Sci Pract. 2016 Jul 13;4 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S9-S17. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00159. Print 2016 Jul.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA enjeuhmeli@usaid.gov.
² The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
³ Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁴ Avenir Health, Project SOAR, Washington, DC, USA.
⁵ Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
⁶ Jhpiego, AIDSFree Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
⁷ Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
⁸ United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA.
⁹ United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York, NY, USA.

Abstract

To maintain high circumcision prevalence, voluntary medical male circumcision programs in East and Southern Africa need to plan for sustainability and conduct transition assessments early on, rather than waiting until the saturation of priority targets at the end of the program.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Circumcision, Male / statistics & numerical data*
Global Health
HIV Infections / prevention & control*
Health Promotion / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Kenya
Male
National Health Programs / organization & administration
Risk Reduction Behavior
Tanzania
Voluntary Programs / organization & administration*