Quality of voluntary medical male circumcision services during scale-up: A comparative process evaluation in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Jennings, Larissa ^a   Bertrand, Jane ^b   Rech, Dino ^c   Harvey, Steven A ^a   Hatzold, Karin ^d   Samkange, Christopher A ^e   Omondi Aduda, Dickens S ^f   Fimbo, Bennett ^g   Cherutich, Peter ^h   Perry, Linnea ^b   Castor, Delivette ⁱ   Njeuhmeli, Emmanuel ⁱ  

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

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^f IMPACT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^g National AIDS Control Program   (Tanzania)

^h National AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections Control Program   (Kenya)

ⁱ UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION; VOLUNTEER; ZIMBABWE; STANDARDS; UTILIZATION;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84900440142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079524     Document Type: Article

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