Voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention was highlighted in eight sessions, one oral abstract presentation, and 65 posters at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) in Durban, South Africa, from 18 to 22 July 2016.
Monday, 18 July
Satellite Sessions
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision 2021: a Gateway to Adolescent Boys and Men (MOSA07)
Session Room 11, 8:00–10:00
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) as Primary HIV Prevention: Maximizing Our Investment and Considerations for Sustainability (MOSA16)
Session Room 11, 10:15–12:15
Updated Clinical Manuals on Medical Male Circumcision for Ongoing Safe, Quality Services (MOSA23)
Session Room 9, 12:30–14:30
Tuesday, 19 July
Poster Discussion Session
Quality Improvement: Aim High (TUPDE01)
Session Room 10, 13:00–14:00
13:15 Continuous quality improvement for voluntary male medical circumcision raining: experiences and results from the field (TUPDE0103)
Poster Exhibition
Gender integration in VMMC to improve outcomes: involving female partners (TUPEE463)
Using mathematical modeling to inform policy planning, implementation and monitoring: the example of VMMC scale up in eastern and southern Africa (TUPEE475)
The cost of voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa (TUPEE606)
Estimating out of pocket expenditures incurred by clients of voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa (TUPEE607)
Does introduction of PrePex into an existing surgical VMMC program save money? (TUPEE608)
Wednesday, 20 July
Poster Discussion Session
Circumcision: Where to, How to, Who to? (WEPDC)
Session Room 5, 13:00–14:00
13:00 Circumcision and vaccination programmes (WEPDC0101)
13:10 Evaluation of the AccuCirc device for early infant male circumcision in Kisumu, Kenya: uptake and safety (WEPDC0102)
13:15 The interaction of low male circumcision and high partner concurrency on HIV risk in Africa: evidence from demographic and health surveys (WEPDC0103)
13:20 Barriers to and facilitators of VMMC uptake among older men aged 25-39 years in Nyanza Region, western Kenya: the TASCO study (WEPDC0104)
13:25 Safety of the no-flip technique and spontaneous detachment for ShangRing circumcision in boys and men: results from a randomised controlled trial study (WEPDC0105)
13:30 Adolescent girls' support of male peers and sexual partners receiving voluntary medical male circumcision services: implications for demand creation (WEPDC0106)
13:35 Safety of a facility-based versus community-based model of early infant male circumcision using the Mogen clamp in western Kenya: Mtoto Msafi Mbili Study (WEPDC0107)
13:40 Moderated discussion (WEPDC0108)
Poster Exhibition
Awareness of male partner circumcision on women's sexual and reproductive health (WEPEB125)
Reaching the higher hanging fruit: results from multi-year national cross-sectional surveys on VMMC for HIV prevention uptake and behavioural determinants in Zimbabwe (WEPEC174)
The impact of the scale up of voluntary medical male circumcision services on men's population-levels of HIV-testing in rural Zambia, 2009-2013 (WEPEC207)
Low uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) among high-risk men in Malawi (WEPED382)
Correlates of condom use and procedure knowledge among men accessing voluntary medical male circumcision in Malawi (WEPED383)
Risk compensation following medical male circumcision: results from a one-year prospective cohort study of circumcised and uncircumcised school-going youth in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (WEPED399)
Conducting external quality assessments for voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) programs: experiences from four countries (WEPEE480)
Improving client follow-up in voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs through continuous quality improvement CQI: experiences from South Africa (WEPEE489)
Applying continuous quality improvement (CQI) in voluntary medical male circumcision programs in South Africa (WEPEE510)
Thursday, 21 July
Oral Abstract Session
Bang for the Buck: Cost-Effectiveness and Modelling (THAW03)
Session Room 2, 16:30–18:00
17:00 Assessing progress, impact, and next steps in rolling out voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in fourteen priority countries in eastern and southern Africa as of 2015 (THAE0303)
Poster Discussion Session
The Dollars and Sense of HIV Service Delivery (THPDE02)
Session Room 8, 13:00–14:00
13:15 Average costs of voluntary medical male circumcision and their determinants in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia (THPDE0204)
13:20 Spending more to spend less: the unit costs of a tailored demand creation intervention to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (THPDE0205)
Satellite Session
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement: Lessons Learned from East and Southern Africa (THSA21)
Session Room 9, 18:30–20:30
Poster Exhibition
HIV incidence over two years among men who were and were not circumcised in a national VMMC roll-out in Zimbabwe (THPEC106)
Voluntary medical male circumcision among adolescents: a missed opportunity for behavioral intervention? (THPEC116)
Interaction bias among counselors working with adolescent voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) clients in sub-Saharan Africa (THPEC118)
The role of interpersonal communication in VMMC knowledge acquisition and mobilization (THPEC207)
Factors associated with uptake of early infant male circumcision by mothers and fathers in western Kenya: Mtoto Msafi Mbili study (THPEC208)
Sequential cross-sectional surveys in Orange Farm, a township of South Africa, revealed a low voluntary medical male circumcision uptake among adults despite mass campaigns and high acceptability (THPEC209)
Is a high voluntary medical male circumcision uptake obtainable among adults in a short time? A prospective observational intervention study conducted in the township of Orange Farm (South Africa) (THPEC210)
Getting men into 90-90-90: the potential role of medical male circumcision services in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa (THPEC211)
Describing the role of women in promoting medical male circumcision to adult men in a peri-urban clinic of South Africa: findings from the Imbizo study (THPEC212)
Are men at high-risk likely to accept voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC)? A comparison of VMMC clients and demographic and health survey (DHS) participants in Tanzania (THPEC213)
Effectiveness of mobile clinics offering VMMC in marginalised communities as an HIV prevention intervention (THPEC214)
Does male circumcision indirectly reduce female HIV risk? Evidence from four demographic and health surveys (THPEC215)
Patterns and predictors of adverse events over six years of the VMMC program in Tanzania (THPEC216)
Safety of early infant male circumcision is in pilot setting in rural Tanzania (THPEC217)
Follow-up rate trends in a fully scaled VMMC program in Tanzania (THPEC218)
Adverse events following circumcision with the PrePex device in Tanzania (THPEC219)
Evaluating the impact of the voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) program in Zimbabwe (THPEC220)
Sutureless adult voluntary male circumcision with topical anaesthetic: a randomized field trial of Unicirc, a single-use surgical instrument (THPEC221)
Predictors of circumcision uptake for a high HIV prevalence population in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (THPEC222)
Factors that may explain post-op wound infections among adolescent voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) clients: qualitative findings from Zimbabwe (THPEC223)
Devices, an alternative for surgical male circumcision with adolescents ages 13-17 years in Zimbabwe? (THPEC224)
The impact of the Brothers for Life mass media campaign on medical male circumcision (THPEC225)
Increasing access to VMMC services through private partnership (THPEC257)
Voluntary medical male circumcision among adolescents: a missed opportunity for behavioral intervention? (THPEC607)
Clinical outcomes from a pilot study examining the PrePex device for VMMC in South Africa (THPEE438)
Modeling costs and impacts of introducing early infant male circumcision for long-term sustainability of the voluntary medical male circumcision program (THPEE447)
Early infant male circumcision in reproductive and child health services: using an integrated service delivery model in Tanzania (THPEE448)
Acceptability of neonatal circumcision by pregnant women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (THPEE449)
Medical male circumcision coverage from 2007 to 2014 in Rakai, Uganda (THPEE450)
Would early infant male circumcision be more cost-effective than adult medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa? Results from western Kenya (THPEE451)
The impact of clinical associates on expanding high-quality, cost-effective voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services in South Africa (THPEE452)
Increasing uptake of circumcision services among 15-29 old Swazi males through private practitioners (THPEE453)
Early infant male circumcision using the AccuCirc Device: experiences from national scale up in Botswana (THPEE454)
A randomized trial of early infant male circumcision performed by clinical officers and registered nurse midwives using the Mogen clamp in Rakai, Uganda (THPEE455)
Competence-based training of non-physician health workers in the provision of early infant male circumcision (EIMC) using the Mogen clamp in Rakai district, Uganda (THPEE456)
Linking HIV testing clients to treatment and medical male circumcision services: results from new start HTS services in four districts in South Africa (THPEE483)
Effectiveness of an electronic dashboard for supervising and monitoring community health workers (CHWs) to scale up voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in Zambia (THPEE628)
Late Breakers
Poster Exhibition
Variation in incidence, type and severity of AE by circumcision method in VMMC clients aged 10-14 in Mozambique (LBPE020)
Systematic review of the barriers and facilitators to voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) uptake in priority countries and recommendations (LBPE026)
Implementing the PEPFAR pivot: experiences from Zimbabwe's voluntary medical male circumcision program (LBPE033)
Adverse event profile of a mature voluntary medical male circumcision program (LBPE039)