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VMMCs fall short of 2020 target
The annual number of voluntary medical male circumcisions (VMMCs) performed in the 15 priority countries fell dramatically in 2020, mainly as a result of service disruptions caused by COVID-19. In a preview of an upcoming progress report, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) reveals that 2.8 million VMMCs were performed in 2020, compared to 4.1 million in 2019. About 18 million men and boys were circumcised in the 15 countries from 2016 to 2020, falling far short of the 2020 target of 25 million. During the past year, however, programmes in some countries recovered and even expanded VMMC coverage despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
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WHO releases new evidence review
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A technical brief from the World Health Organization provides a review of the evidence on increasing uptake of VMMC among men and adolescent boys at higher risk of HIV acquisition and documents approaches to operating under COVID-19 restrictions…
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Funding for VMMC R&D drops
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Investment in VMMC research and development fell by 37 percent to just US$6 million in 2020, with almost all funding coming from a single donor, the Resource Tracking for HIV Prevention Research and Development Working Group reports…
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VMMC at ICASA 2021
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Several presentations and posters on VMMC are now available from the 21st International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa, addressing progress in scale-up, cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and safe resumption of services during the COVID-19 pandemic…
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HIV still taking its toll
Forty years after HIV was first described, about 4,000 people acquire the virus each day, and most of them are young people…
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Zimbabwe’s target within reach
A World AIDS Day speech from Zimbabwe’s Vice President said the country is on track to reach the 95-95-95 percent targets for HIV testing, treatment, and viral suppression by 2025…
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COVID-19 disrupts years of progress
After 13 years of progress, VMMC programmes lost ground due to service disruptions related to COVID-19…
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