Scaling Up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention for Adolescents and Young Adult Men: A Modeling Analysis of Implementation and Impact in Selected Countries | Zendy

Emmanuel Njeuhmeli | Zendy; Marjorie Opuni | Zendy; Melissa Schnure | Zendy; Jean M. Tchuenche | Zendy; Peter Stegman | Zendy; Elizabeth Gold | Zendy; Valerian Kiggundu | Zendy; Nida Parks | Zendy; Kim Seifert Ahanda | Zendy; María Carrasco | Zendy; Katharine Kripke | Zendy

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Scaling Up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention for Adolescents and Young Adult Men: A Modeling Analysis of Implementation and Impact in Selected Countries

Author(s) -

Emmanuel Njeuhmeli,

Marjorie Opuni,

Melissa Schnure,

Jean M. Tchuenche,

Peter Stegman,

Elizabeth Gold,

Valerian Kiggundu,

Nida Parks,

Kim Seifert Ahanda,

María Carrasco,

Katharine Kripke

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix969

Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , male circumcision , young adult , turnover , virology , family medicine , gerontology , environmental health , health services , population , economics , management

The new World Health Organization and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS strategic framework for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) aims to increase VMMC coverage among males aged 10-29 years in priority settings to 90% by 2021. We use mathematical modeling to assess the likelihood that selected countries will achieve this objective, given their historical VMMC progress and current implementation options.

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