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SCALE-UP OF VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION FOR HIV PREVENTION IN AFRICA

Wednesday, 15th of October 2014 Print

SCALE-UP OF VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION FOR HIV PREVENTION IN AFRICA

UPDATE ON PRIORITY COUNTRIES—JULY 2014

Full text, with figures, is at http://www.malecircumcision.org/resources/documents/Africa_VMMC_Scale-up_July2014.pdf

 

“Over the past five years an estimated 5.8 million men and boys in 14 priority African countries have chosen medical circumcision, according to new data from the World Health Organization, representing a dramatic increase in availability and acceptance of the procedure. Three-quarters of these circumcisions were performed in the past two years, including 2.7 million in 2013."

 

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