Safe, Voluntary, Informed Male Circumcision and Comprehensive HIV Prevention Programming: Guidance for Decision-makers on Human Rights, Ethical and Legal Considerations
UNAIDS provides guidance for decision-makers and program planners on the human rights, legal, and ethical issues they may need to consider when they are deciding whether or not to initiate or expand voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services and for service providers on their ethical and legal duties when offering or performing the procedure.
A Framework for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Effective HIV Prevention and a Gateway to Improved Adolescent Boys’ and Men’s Health in Eastern and Southern Africa by 2021 (VMMC 2021)
This document provides strategic direction on accelerating access to voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention through 2021. Its title reflects a new emphasis on using VMMC as an entry point for a broader range of health services to improve the well-being of adolescent boys and young men.
Association Between Male Circumcision and Women’s Biomedical Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review
A systematic review of the benefits of VMMC on women’s health – such as protection from cervical cancer and its precursor cervical dysplasia, herpes simplex virus type 2, chlamydia, and syphilis.
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 […]
Implementing Comprehensive HIV and HCV Programmes with People Who Inject Drugs
This tool offers practical advice on how to implement effective HIV and HCV interventions for people who inject drugs, across the full continuum of HIV and HCV prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care, aligned with UN guidance.
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.
HIV and key populations
This document summarises the 2014 WHO Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations and outlines what this means at the country level.
HIV Prevention 2020 Road Map: Accelerating HIV prevention to reduce new infections by 75%
The Prevention 2020 Road Map provides the basis for a country-led movement to scale up HIV prevention programs as part of Fast-Tracking a comprehensive response to meet global and national targets and commitments to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
Implementing Comprehensive HIV and STI Programmes with Men Who Have Sex with Men: Practical guidance for collaborative interventions
This document sets out technical recommendations on effective interventions for the prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among men who have sex with men. It also contains examples of good practice from around the world that may support efforts in planning programs and services and describes issues that should be […]
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.
