In eastern and southern Africa, expanding voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for preventing HIV can help stem the spread of the disease at an individual, community and population level. In addition, VMMC can lead to significant expenditure savings for nations, according to a collection of novel reports published Nov. 29 in PLoS Medicine and PLoS ONE, in association with the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United States President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR).
The first report, by Catherine Hankins of UNAIDS, Steven Forsythe of The Futures Institute, and Emmanuel Njeuhmeli of PEPFAR/USAID, outlines the cost, impact and challenges of accelerated scaling up and summarizes the basis of the novel collection. This report, and the one after it, lead the way in accelerating the increase of VMMC service delivery in a safe and efficient manner, in order to gain benefits at an individual- and population-level.
Furthermore, the additional 8 reports concentrate on the numerous factors that contribute to an effective program expansion of VMMC, including data for:
- human resources
- decision making
- demand creation
- human resources
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