quarterly research digest on vmmc
october 2019
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Dear Colleague,
The October 2019 issue of the Clearinghouse’s quarterly research digest provides abstracts of articles from the peer-reviewed literature on male circumcision, with a focus on voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention. This issue covers articles published from 1 July to 30 September 2019.
Links are provided to the full text of articles that are open access. For additional information on VMMC, search the Clearinghouse’s Resource Library.
Featured Articles
- A systematic review of studies of VMMC demand creation suggests that the most acceptable, effective interventions are financial incentives offered as fair compensation (for example, for travel and lost wages) and education or counselling provided by people who are influential in their communities or have experience with VMMC.
- Active surveillance conducted at six sites in five Kenyan counties demonstrated that VMMC performed with the ShangRing device was effective and safe, with a complication rate of 0.3 percent, but its uptake varied widely in different settings.
- A cohort study found increases in VMMC and antiretroviral coverage and reductions in new HIV infections after rapid expansion of combination HIV prevention in four HIV-hyperendemic communities in Uganda.
Other articles featured in the digest address the safety, effectiveness, and acceptability of a simplified technique for performing ShangRing VMMC; the safety and quality of the VMMC services provided in three Tanzanian regions; the quality of evidence cited to support arguments against male circumcision; and the factors influencing integration of tradition male circumcision and medical male circumcision in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
Best regards,
The Clearinghouse Webmaster
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