Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Training Video

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This six-part video series on voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) training is available through the World Health Organization’s Clearinghouse on Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention website. Produced by CHAPS, MCHIP and PEPFAR (the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), the videos highlight three country experiences in VMMC. They were developed to: Serve as a good introduction for service …

Matching Supply with Demand: Scaling Up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Tanzania and Zimbabwe

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In order to improve voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) service uptake and target demand creation activities more effectively, clients currently accessing and receiving VMMC services should be better characterized by their demographic, socioeconomic, and sexual risk behaviors. This case study of VMMC programs in the Iringa Region of Tanzania and in Zimbabwe describes both the age distribution of clients accessing …

Voluntary medical male circumcision and adolescents: An opportunity for nurses to contribute to an HIV-free generation

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Co-authored by MCHIP staff, this article makes the case that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services—which target healthy, HIV-negative males, especially adolescents—provide an important opportunity for provision of preventive health services with this population. In particular, VMMC services present a chance to offer these young men HIV testing and counseling, and screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, as well …

Penile Measurements in Tanzanian Males: Guiding Circumcision Device Design and Supply Forecasting

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Co-authored by MCHIP staff, the article describes a study conducted at three health facilities in Tanzania’s Iringa Region to gather data on penile measurements that will inform the development of devices for adult/adolescent voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC). Such devices could potentially accelerate the pace of VMMC scale-up. This descriptive study is the first study in a sub-Saharan African population …

Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Strategies for Meeting the Human Resource Needs of Scale-Up in Southern and Eastern Africa

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To identify human resource approaches that are being used to improve VMMC volume and efficiency, we looked at previous literature and conducted a program review. We identified surgical efficiencies, non-surgical efficiencies, task shifting, task sharing, temporary redeployment of public sector staff during VMMC campaign periods, expansion of the health workforce through recruitment of unemployed, recently retired, newly graduating, or on-leave …

Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Challenges of Costing Demand Creation in Eastern and Southern Africa

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This paper proposes an approach to estimating the costs of demand creation for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) scale-up in 13 countries of eastern and southern Africa. It addresses two key questions: (1) what are the elements of a standardized package for demand creation? And (2) what challenges exist and must be taken into account in estimating the costs of …

Male Circumcision under Local Anaesthesia: Course Guide for Trainers

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The design of this version of the learning package for the Male Circumcision under Local Anaesthesia Training Course is based on an approach to individualized learning. This package puts the responsibility for learning much of the course content on the shoulders of the participants. By completing the self- learning component of the course and all of the guided exercises, they …