Systematic monitoring of voluntary medical male circumcision scale-up: Adoption of efficiency elements in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Bertrand, Jane T ^a   Rech, Dino ^b   Omondi Aduda, Dickens ^c   Frade, Sasha ^b   Loolpapit, Mores ^c   Machaku, Michael D ^d   Oyango, Mathews ^c   Mavhu, Webster ^e   Spyrelis, Alexandra ^b   Perry, Linnea ^a   Farrell, Margaret ^a   Castor, Delivette ^f   Njeuhmeli, Emmanuel ^f  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Centre for HIV AIDS Prevention Studies   (South Africa)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d JHPIEGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FORCEPS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; SAMPLING; SCALE UP; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TANZANIA; VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION; VOLUNTEER; ZIMBABWE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84900435422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082518     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Auvert B, Taljaard D, Lagarde E, Sobngwi-Tambekou J, Sitta R, et al. (2005) Randomized, controlled intervention trial of male circumcision for reduction of HIV infection risk: the ANRS 1265 Trial. PLoS Med 2: e298.
2. Bailey RC, Moses S, Parker CB, Agot K, Maclean I, et al. (2007) Male circumcision for HIV prevention in young men in Kisumu, Kenya: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 369: 643-656. (Pubitemid 46281312)
3. Gray RH, Kigozi G, Serwadda D, Makumbi F, Watya S, et al. (2007) Male circumcision for HIV prevention in men in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised trial. Lancet 369: 657-666.
4. WHO UNAIDS (2007) New data on male circumcision and HIV prevention: policy and programmes implications - WHO-UNAIDS recommendations. Geneva, Switzerland.
5. Weiss HA, Halperin D, Bailey RC, Hayes RJ, Schmid G, et al. (2008) Male circumcision for HIV prevention: from evidence to action? AIDS 22: 567-574. (Pubitemid 351640589)
6. Auvert B, Taljaard D, Sitta R, Rech D, Lissouba P, et al. (2012) Decrease of HIV prevalence over time among the male population of Orange Farm, South Africa, following a circumcision roll-out (ANRS-12126). July 22-27, 2012; Washington, DC.
7. WHO (2010) Considerations for implementing models for optimizing the volume and efficiency of male circumcision services. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
8. WHO (2009) Male circumcision services: quality assessment toolkit. In: Organization WH, editor. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
9. Bertrand JT, Rech D, Dickens O, Frade S, Loolpapit M, et al. (2013) Systematic monitoring of the voluntary medical male circumcision scale-up in Eastern adn Southern Africa (SYMMACS): Final report on results from Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Baltimore: USAID | Project SEARCH: Research to Prevention.
10. Rech D, Spyrelis A, Frade S, Perry L, Farrell M, et al. (2013) Implications of the fast-evolving scale-up of adult Voluntary Medical Male Circumcison for quality of services in South Africa. Submitted to PLoS Medicine for peer review with this collection.
11. Curran K, Njeuhmeli E, Mirelman A, Dickson K, Adamu T, et al. (2011) Voluntary medical male circumcision: strategies for meeting the human resource needs of scale-up in southern and eastern Africa. PLoS Med 8: e1001129.
12. Sheldon WR, Nhemachena T, Blanchard K, Chipato T, Ramjee G, et al. (2012) Male circumcision for HIV prevention: clinical practices and attitudes among healthcare providers in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Sex Transm Dis 39: 567-575.
13. Kuznik A, Lamorde M, Sekavuga DB, Picho B, Coutinho A (2012) Medical male circumcision for HIV/AIDS prevention in Uganda - the cost of disposable versus re-usable circumcision kits. Trop Doct 42: 5-7.
14. Ford N, Chu K, Mills EJ (2012) Safety of task-shifting for male medical circumcision: a systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS 26: 559-566.
15. Mwandi Z, Murphy A, Reed J, Chesang K, Njeuhmeli E, et al. (2011) Voluntary medical male circumcision: translating research into the rapid expansion of services in Kenya, 2008-2011. PLoS Med 8: e1001130.
16. Lissouba P, Taljaard D, Rech D, Doyle S, Shabangu D, et al. (2010) A model for the roll-out of comprehensive adult male circumcision services in African lowincome settings of high HIV incidence: the ANRS 12126 Bophelo Pele Project. PLoS Med 7: e1000309.
17. Mahler HR, Kileo B, Curran K, Plotkin M, Adamu T, et al. (2011) Voluntary medical male circumcision: matching demand and supply with quality and efficiency in a high-volume campaign in Iringa Region, Tanzania. PLoS Med 8: e1001131.
18. Gray RH, Wawer MJ, Kigozi G (2013) Programme science research on medical male circumcision scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa. Sex Transm Infect 89: 345-349.