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  1. Barriers and facilitators to the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) among adolescent boys in KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa

    Barriers and facilitators to the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) among adolescent boys in KwaZulu–Natal, South Africa

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Gavin George --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Michael Strauss --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Petronella Chirawu --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa Bruce Rhodes --- School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, South Africa Janet Frohlich --- Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), South Africa Carl Montague --- Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), South Africa Kaymarlin Govender --- Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), South Africa
    Epidemiological modelling has concluded that if voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is scaled up in high HIV prevalence settings it would lead to a significant reduction in HIV incidence rates. Following the adoption of this evidence by the WHO, South...
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  2. Cultural competence: a framework for promoting voluntary medical male circumcision among VaRemba communities in Zimbabwe

    Cultural competence: a framework for promoting voluntary medical male circumcision among VaRemba communities in Zimbabwe

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Kemist Shumba --- Department of Science and Technology (DST)\-National Research Foundation (NRF) Centre of Excellence, Human Development, South Africa Musara Lubombo --- Centre for Communication, Media & Society, South Africa
    Almost a decade after the formal introduction of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) as an important technology for HIV prevention, its implementation is still fraught with acceptability challenges. This is especially true among ethnic groups where male circumcision is conducted...
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  3. Barriers, benefits, and behaviour: Voluntary medical male circumcision ideation in a population-based sample of Zambian men

    Barriers, benefits, and behaviour: Voluntary medical male circumcision ideation in a population-based sample of Zambian men

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Joseph G Rosen --- , USA Maria A Carrasco --- , USA Ariana M Traub --- , USA E ‘Kuor Kumoji --- , USA
    Reaching ambitious voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) coverage targets requires a deeper understanding of the multifaceted processes shaping men’s willingness to access VMMC. Guided by the Ideation Model for Health Communication, this population-based study identifies correlates of Zambian men’s future...
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  4. A document analysis of the <em>South African national guidelines for medical male circumcision</em> and the implications for infant and child male circumcision decision-making

    A document analysis of the South African national guidelines for medical male circumcision and the implications for infant and child male circumcision decision-making

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Eurica L Palmer --- University of the Free State, South Africa Steven Forsythe --- , USA
    South Africa’s 2016 medical male circumcision (MMC) guidelines (“the guidelines”) provide direction for the MMC programme’s implementation in South Africa. The aim of our document analysis was to assess the guidelines, particularly in lieu of changing guidance from WHO and...
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