Voluntary medical male circumcision: A framework analysis of policy and program implementation in Eastern and Southern Africa

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Dickson, Kim E ^a   Tran, Nhan T ^b   Samuelson, Julia L ^a   Njeuhmeli, Emmanuel ^c   Cherutich, Peter ^d   Dick, Bruce ^a   Farley, Tim ^a   Ryan, Caroline ^e   Hankins, Catherine A ^f  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

^f UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBICIDE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CIRCUMCISION; EASTERN AFRICA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; LESOTHO; MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; PREDICTION; RWANDA; SCALE UP; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND; TANZANIA; UGANDA; VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 82455192809     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001133     Document Type: Article

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