Tetanus Cases After Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention — Eastern and Southern Africa, 2012–2015

Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) decreases the risk for female-to-male human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission by approximately 60%, and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is supporting the scale-up of VMMC for adolescent and adult males in countries with...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2016-01, Vol.65 (2), p.36-37
Main Authors: Grund, Jonathan M., Toledo, Carlos, Davis, Stephanie M., Ridzon, Renee, Moturi, Edna, Scobie, Heather, Naouri, Boubker, Reed, Jason B., Njeuhmeli, Emmanuel, Thomas, Anne G., Benson, Francis Ndwiga, Sirengo, Martin W., Muyenzi, Leon Ngeruka, Lija, Gissenge J.I., Rogers, John H., Mwanasalli, Salli, Odoyo-June, Elijah, Wamai, Nafuna, Kabuye, Geoffrey, Zulu, James Exnobert, Aceng, Jane Ruth, Bock, Naomi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AIDS (Disease)
Circumcision
Emergency preparedness
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Notes from the Field
Prevention
Sexually transmitted disease prevention
Tetanus
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Summary:Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) decreases the risk for female-to-male human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission by approximately 60%, and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is supporting the scale-up of VMMC for adolescent and adult males in countries with high prevalence of HIV and low coverage of male circumcision. As of Sep 2015, PEPFAR has supported approximately 8.9 million VMMCs. Here, Grund et al discuss the tetanus cases reported by PEPFAR's VMMC program during Apr 2012-Nov 2015 in five sub-Saharan African countries.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X
DOI:10.15585/mmwr.mm6502a5