Global guidance

The World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS have developed a number of global guidance documents to assist countries in scaling up voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services.

Resources

 
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PEPFAR Technical Guidance in Context of COVID-19 Pandemic

Guidance from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEFAR) includes several questions and answers about how the COVID-19 pandemic may affect voluntary medical male circumcision.

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Preventing HIV Through Safe Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for Adolescent Boys and Men in Generalized Epidemics

Guidelines from the World Health Organization update earlier recommendations to maximize the HIV prevention impact of safe voluntary medical male circumcision services and to guide the transition to the sustained provision of interventions with a focus on the health and well-being of adolescent b

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Preventing HIV through Safe Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for Adolescent Boys and Men in Generalized Epidemics: Recommendations and Considerations — Policy Brief

The recommendations and key considerations from the World Health Organization's lates guideline on voluntary medical male circumcision are summarised in this policy brief.

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Effective Approaches to Increasing Uptake of VMMC Services in the Context of PEPFAR COP20 Guidance – Webinar

The AIDSFree Project held a webinar on 2 April 2020 highlighting effective approaches to increasing uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services in the context of new Country Operating Plan (COP) guidance for 2020 from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

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