VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION: COST, IMPACT AND CHALLENGES OF ACCELERATED SCALE-UP IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA

Wednesday, 14th of December 2011

VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION FOR HIV PREVENTION: THE COST, IMPACT, AND CHALLENGES OF ACCELERATED SCALE-UP IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA

A UNAIDS and PEPFAR Collection

This sponsored collection of nine new articles, includes four reviews and five research articles, published in PLoS Medicine and PLoS ONE, in conjunction with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The collection highlights how scaling up voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention in eastern and southern Africa can help prevent HIV, not only at individual but also at community and population level, as well as leading to substantial cost savings for countries as a result of averted treatment and care costs. The views expressed in this collection are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Government and UNAIDS. http://www.ploscollections.org/VMMC2011

Produced with support from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The PLoS Medicine editors have sole editorial responsibility for the content of this collection.

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