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The following materials have been posted to the site recently:

Nyanza update: quarterly provincial newsletter on the voluntary medical male circumcision programme
The first issue of this quarterly newsletter describes the progress made and lessons learned during the first year of Kenya's voluntary medical male circumcision programme in Nyanza Province, where the programme was initiated. Read more>>


Country implementation update
This report, Progress in Male Circumcision Scale-up: Country Implementation Update (updated December 2009), details the latest progress made in expanding male circumcision services in the 13 African countries identified as priorities for scale-up. Read more>>


Male circumcision: implications for women
Evidence has shown that medical male circumcision can be an effective HIV prevention strategy, but what are its implications for women? A recent review concluded that women will benefit indirectly from male circumcision, but the available data are insufficient to determine whether circumcision of male partners directly reduces women's risk of acquiring HIV. And a report (PDF, 220 KB) is now available on a series of e-discussions that explored this question earlier this year. Read more>>


Modelling the impact of male circumcision
One HIV infection could be prevented for every five to 15 men circumcised in settings with high levels of HIV and low rates of male circumcision, concluded an expert review (PDF, 153 KB) of six simulation models that estimate the impact of male circumcision on HIV. Watch a video about the review. Read more>>


The potential cost and impact of expanding male circumcision
This series of briefs summarises estimates of the cost and impact of scaling up male circumcision in 14 countries in eastern and southern Africa. Read more>>


Male circumcision: evidence for action
This six-minute film on male circumcision, shot in Malawi, features health professionals and clients stating the case for including male circumcision in HIV prevention programmes. Read more>>


Client education materials
Materials developed by contributors in Swaziland and Zambia provide information for men considering circumcision, men who have undergone circumcision, and the partners and family members of prospective clients or circumcised men. These materials include brochures, booklets and flipcharts. Read more>>


Mass media materials
Posters from Zimbabwe aim to motivate men to consider male circumcision for HIV prevention. Like many of the male circumcision materials developed for programmes in southern Africa, they use football analogies. Read more>>


Situational analyses: Botswana, Tanzania, Uganda
Analyses that are guiding the planning and implementation of male circumcision programmes are now available from Botswana, Tanzania, and Uganda. Read more>>


Traditional circumcision and HIV prevention in Tanzania
This report (PDF, 388 KB) describes the challenges and opportunities for involving traditional circumcisers in the scale-up of male circumcision for HIV prevention in Tanzania. Read more>>