Roll-out of Medical Male circumcision (MMC) for HIV prevention in non-circumcising communities of Northern Uganda

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kitara, David Lagoro ^a   Ocero, Andrew ^b   Lanyero, Joan ^b   Ocom, Felix ^c  

^a GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Northern Uganda Malaria and Tuberculosis (NUMAT)   (Uganda)

^c Northern Uganda Health Integration to Improve Services (NU HITES)   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Medical Male circumcision; Non circumcising communities; Northern Uganda; Scale up of services

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER SCREENING; CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SPOUSE; UGANDA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UGANDA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887499794     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.15.100.2338     Document Type: Article

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