A reevaluation of the voluntary medical male circumcision scale-up plan in Zimbabwe

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Awad, Susanne F ^a   Sgaier, Sema K ^b,c   Ncube, Gertrude ^d   Xaba, Sinokuthemba ^d   Mugurungi, Owen M ^d   Mhangara, Mutsa M ^d   Lau, Fiona K ^b   Mohamoud, Yousra A ^a   Abu Raddad, Laith J ^a,e,f  

^a Education City ^*  (Qatar)

^b BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM IMPACT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; ZIMBABWE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84951117711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140818     Document Type: Article

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