Voluntary medical male circumcision: Translating research into the rapid expansion of services in Kenya, 2008-2011

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Mwandi, Zebedee ^a   Murphy, Anne ^b   Reed, Jason ^c   Chesang, Kipruto ^a   Njeuhmeli, Emmanuel ^b   Agot, Kawango ^d   Llewellyn, Emma ^e   Kirui, Charles ^f   Serrem, Kennedy ^g   Abuya, Isaac ^h   Loolpapit, Mores ⁱ   Mbayaki, Regina ^j   Kiriro, Ndungu ^k   Cherutich, Peter ^l   Muraguri, Nicholas ^l   Motoku, John ^m   Kioko, Jack ⁿ   Knight, Nancy ^a   Bock, Naomi ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d IMPACT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^e NYANZA REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SOCIETY   (Kenya)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^g Catholic Medical Missions Board   (Kenya)

^h C Change Communication for Change   (Kenya)

ⁱ FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^j Engender Health ^*  (Kenya)

^k POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^l Kenya National AIDS and STI Control Programme   (Kenya)

^m Eastern Deanery AIDS Response Program   (Kenya)

ⁿ Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KENYA; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455205792     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001130     Document Type: Article

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