Zambian National Male Circumcision Strategy and Implementation Plan, 2010 – 2020
The goal of the National Male Circumcision Strategy and Implementation Plan is to make high-quality, safe male circumcision services accessible and available to all men and boys on a voluntary basis, achieving a male circumcision prevalence of 50 percent by 2020. To maximize the public health benefit in regard to HIV prevention, the plan aims […]
VMMC Demand Creation Assessment Tool
Based on experience in several priority countries and pilot-tested in Malawi and South Africa, this tool is designed to help users assess the quality of demand creation efforts in voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs and identify areas for improvement.
Manual for Male Circumcision under Local Anesthesia and HIV Prevention Services for Adolescent Boys and Men
The 2018 edition of this manual is designed to support VMMC providers in delivering safe, high-quality services, the manual is intended primarily for qualified VMMC providers and for trainers of providers of VMMC for HIV prevention and other health benefits in eastern and southern Africa.
Technical Implementation Considerations for Early Infant Male Circumcision: A Resource Guide for Optimizing Quality
Drawing from the available scientific evidence and implementation experience with early infant male circumcision (EIMC), this document offers considerations for national decision makers and programme planners on filling identified gaps in EIMC quality standards and making the associated technical or programme policy decisions. The appendices provide a job aid for determining infant weight eligibility for […]
PEPFAR’s Best Practices for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Site Operations: A Service Guide for Site Operations, Second Edition
The second edition of this resource for site-level staff of implementing partners supported by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) offers guidance on proven approaches to providing high-quality voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services at the facility or site level.
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 […]
Creating Demand for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: A Training for Community Mobilizers
Trainers can use this facilitators’ guide to plan and conduct a three-day training workshop for community mobilizers on creating demand for voluntary medical male circumcision
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 […]
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.
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.
