A strong primary prevention response should be made up of biomedical, behavioural and structural dimensions, closely integrated with HIV testing and treatment scale-up. These include:
- Provide combination prevention for men & boys
- Strengthen national condom programmes
- Promote voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) uptake & use as entry point to other services
- Offer pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to men and boys at high risk
Policy / Strategy | 2015 | Prevention
Policy Brief: Pre-exposure prophylaxis PrEP: WHO expands recommendation on oral pre-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection
This policy brief outlines updated WHO recommendation on the use of PrEP to prevent the acquisition of HIV.
Report | 2015 | Prevention
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision In-Service Communication: Best Practices Guide
Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services offer a unique opportunity to engage male adolescents and adults in high-quality HIV prevention and to share key messages with men and boys who otherwise might not interact with the health system. Developed for VMMC programs supported by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), this guide helps ensure that the content…
Video | 2014 | Prevention
Why Medical Male Circumcision is Vital to South Africa’s HIV Combination Prevention Strategy
Produced by CareWorks, this 2:53-minute video features animated infographics that illustrate the importance of voluntary medical male circumcision in combination with other HIV interventions and the potential impact of successful scale-up, with a focus on South Africa.
Report | 2013 | Prevention, Testing, Treatment & Adherence
HIV and adolescents: HIV testing and counselling, treatment and care for adolescents living with HIV
This brief summarises the key features and recommendations from the Adolescent HIV guidelines. The Adolescent HIV guidelines emphasize the necessity to consider the range of adolescent needs and circumstances when planning HIV testing and counseling services and developing strategies for providing services that can help increase adherence to treatment and retention in care.
Report | 2013 | Prevention
PEPFAR Guide to Monitoring & Reporting Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) Indicators
Developed as a resource for partners implementing voluntary medical male circumcision programs supported by the US President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), this guide may be useful to others seeking to improve the monitoring of VMMC services. Topics addressed include the PEPFAR VMMC indicators, target setting, data collection, and use, data tools and reporting systems, data quality assurance, and…
Report | 2013 | Prevention
Talking man to man. The story of Brothers for Life
This report charts the story of Brothers for Life (B4L), a multi-faceted campaign targeting men to impact on specific areas of knowledge and practices in HIV prevention.
Policy / Strategy | 2010 | Prevention
Burundi Plan Operationnel d’Integration de la Circoncision Masculine dans le Paquet des Services Offerts dans les Structures des Soins
The 2010-2015 operational plan for integrating male circumcision into the package of services offered at health facilities in Burundi includes information on the objectives of service integration, the target population, service delivery strategies, programme reach, communication activities, human resource development, advocacy, quality assurance, service availability, follow-up evaluation, supply chain management, programme coordination and management, and partners’ roles and responsibilities.
Report | 2010 | Prevention
Making Medical Male Circumcision Work for Women
A report documenting women’s perspectives on male circumcision for HIV prevention based on interviews and focus group discussions with about 500 women in HIV-affected communities in Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda. The report offers recommendations on how to ensure that the rollout of voluntary medical male circumcision is safe and beneficial to whole communities—including men and women.
Policy / Strategy | 2010 | Prevention
Uganda Safe Male Circumcision Policy
Uganda’s Safe Male Circumcision Policy was developed through participatory and consultative processes and was informed by the draft National Health Policy and the 2008/2012 National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan. This policy provides a framework for increasing access to and use of safe and sustainable male circumcision services as an integral part of the national HIV prevention strategy.
Report | 2009 | Prevention
A Guide to Indicators for Male Circumcision Programmes in the Formal Health Care System
The indicators described in this guide, based on the Male Circumcision Action Framework, provide a mechanism for obtaining important feedback for the management of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programmes. The guide is included in the PEPFAR guide to best practices for VMMC site operations.
Policy / Strategy | 2009 | Prevention
Botswana Safe Male Circumcision Additional Strategy for HIV Prevention
The Botswana National Safe Male Circumcision Strategy is a part of the country’s national HIV prevention strategy. Designed to increase the prevalence of male circumcision from 20 percent to 80 percent, it addresses the rationale for safe male circumcision, opportunities, challenges, guiding principles, objectives, implementation modalities, and financing the scale-up of male circumcision.Login is required to access this page
