Preventing HIV through safe voluntary medical male circumcision for adolescent boys and men in generalized HIV epidemics recommendations and key considerations : guidelines
Since 2007 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have recommended voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) as an important strategy for the prevention of heterosexually acquired HIV in men in settings where the prevalence of heterosexually...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Geneva, Switzerland
World Health Organization
2020, August 2020
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| Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Since 2007 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have recommended voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) as an important strategy for the prevention of heterosexually acquired HIV in men in settings where the prevalence of heterosexually transmitted HIV is high. Over 25 million men and adolescent boys in East and Southern Africa have been reached with VMMC services. These new guidelines update earlier WHO recommendations to maximize the HIV prevention impact of safe VMMC services and aim to guide the transition to the sustained provision of interventions with a focus on the health and well-being of both adolescent boys and men |
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| Physical Description: | 1 PDF file (xviii, 138 pages) illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9789240008540 9789240008557 |