Voluntary medical male circumcision: Logistics, commodities, and waste management requirements for scale-up of services

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Edgil, Dianna ^a   Stankard, Petra ^b   Forsythe, Steven ^c   Rech, Dino ^d   Chrouser, Kristin ^e   Adamu, Tigistu ^e   Sakallah, Sameer ^f   Thomas, Anne Goldzier ^g   Albertini, Jennifer ^a   Stanton, David ^a   Dickson, Kim Eva ^h   Njeuhmeli, Emmanuel ^a  

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

^b IL   (United States)

^c AVENIR HEALTH   (United States)

^d Centre for HIV and AIDS Prevention Studies   (South Africa)

^e JHPIEGO   (United States)

^f Supply Chain Management System   (United States)

^g NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GAUZE DRESSING; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEEDLE; PATIENT COUNSELING; SCALPEL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SURGICAL DRAPE; SURGICAL TAPE; SUTURE; SWAZILAND; SYRINGE; VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ADULT; AFRICA; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 82455205782     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001128     Document Type: Article

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