Male Circumcision Partnership: Achieving Scale
The Male Circumcision Partnership is establishing multisectoral provider networks for high-quality adult male circumcision services.
The Population Council is a member of the Male Circumcision Partnership, which is led by Population Services International and includes Marie Stopes International and Jhpiego. This partnership has been created to establish multisectoral provider networks for high-quality adult male circumcision (MC) services.
These networks will contribute to national strategies for expanding MC services by delivering approximately 676,000 affordable or free MCs in two African countries over five years. The Male Circumcision Partnership will generate informed demand for these services and discourage risk compensation through innovative behavior change communications campaigns. Research on operational models will generate evidence to recommend MC service-delivery models suitable to different countries and contexts. Jointly, these activities will provide lessons learned and best practices that will allow the partnership to educate other donors, governments, and organizations about scaling up MC activities more broadly.
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Female sex workers, male circumcision and HIV: A qualitative study of their understanding, experience, and HIV risk in Zambia (abstract) (HTML)
Abbott,Sharon; Haberland,Nicole; Mulenga,Drosin; Hewett,Paul C.
PLoS ONE 8(1): e53809. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053809-
Publication date: 2013
How informed are clients who consent? A mixed-method evaluation of comprehension among clients of male circumcision services in Zambia and Swaziland (abstract)
Friedland,Barbara A.; Apicella,Louis; Schenk,Katie D.; Sheehy,Meredith; Hewett,Paul C.
AIDS and Behavior Published online ahead of print, 8 February
Publication date: 2013
Assessing and improving self-reporting of male circumcision in Zambia and Swaziland (PDF)
Hewett,Paul C.; Haberland,Nicole; Mensch,Barbara S.; Apicella,Louis
Population Council Research and Evaluation of Male Circumcision Scale-Up Report (no. 2)
Publication date: 2012
On the cutting edge: Improving the informed consent process for adolescents in Zambia undergoing male circumcision for HIV prevention (abstract)
Schenk,Katie D.; Friedland,Barbara A.; Apicella,Louis; Sheehy,Meredith; Munjile,Kelvin; Hewett,Paul C.
Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies 7(2): 116-127
Publication date: 2012
Sex with stitches: The resumption of sexual activity during the post-circumcision wound healing period in Zambia (abstract)
Hewett,Paul C.; Hallett,Timothy B.; Mensch,Barbara S.; Dzekedzeke,Kumbutso; Zimba-Tembo,Susan; Garnett,Geoffrey P.; Todd,Petra E.
AIDS 26(6): 749-756
Publication date: 2012
The (mis)reporting of male circumcision status among men and women in Zambia and Swaziland: A randomized evaluation of interview methods (abstract) (HTML)
Hewett,Paul C.; Haberland,Nicole; Apicella,Louis; Mensch,Barbara S.
PLoS ONE 7(5): e36251-
Publication date: 2012
"He died because it was traditionally done at the pit 'Muganda,' so...that gave me fear" -- The impact of traditional circumcision on the scale-up of male circumcision services in Zambia (abstract) (PDF)
Poster presentation at the 6th International AIDS Society Conference, Rome, Italy, 17-20 July
Friedland,Barbara A.; Schenk,Katie D.; Sheehy,Meredith; Munjile,Kelvin; Apicella,Louis; Hewett,Paul C.
Publication date: 2011
A cut above? Evidence-based lessons for improving the informed consent process for male circumcision in Swaziland and Zambia (abstract)
Presentation at the American Public Health Association 139th Annual Meeting and Exposition, Washington DC, 29 October-2 November
Schenk,Katie D.; Friedland,Barbara A.; Apicella,Louis; Sheehy,Meredith; Munjile,Kelvin; Hewett,Paul C.
Publication date: 2011
Assessing comprehension of key informed consent concepts among clients undergoing male circumcision during scale-up of services in Zambia and Swaziland (abstract) (PDF)
Poster presentation at the 19th meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research, Quebec City, 10-13 July
Friedland,Barbara A.; Apicella,Louis; Sheehy,Meredith; Schenk,Katie D.; Munjile,Kelvin; Adams,Alfred; Hewett,Paul C.
Publication date: 2011
Evaluation of the informed consent process for male circumcision scale-up in Swaziland (PDF)
Friedland,Barbara A.; Apicella,Louis; Schenk,Katie D.; Sheehy,Meredith; Hewett,Paul C.
Population Council Research and Evaluation of Male Circumcision Scale-up Report (no. 3)
Publication date: 2011
Evaluation of the informed consent process for male circumcision scale-up in Zambia (PDF)
Friedland,Barbara A.; Apicella,Louis; Schenk,Katie D.; Sheehy,Meredith; Hewett,Paul C.
Population Council Research and Evaluation of Male Circumcision Scale-Up Report (no. 1)
Publication date: 2011
Impact of a comprehension assessment among adult and adolescent clients on scale up of male circumcision services in Zambia (abstract) (PDF)
Poster presentation at the 6th International AIDS Society Conference, Rome, Italy, 17-20 July
Friedland,Barbara A.; Apicella,Louis; Sheehy,Meredith; Schenk,Katie D.; Munjile,Kelvin; Adams,Alfred; Hewett,Paul C.; Katzen,Lauren L.
Publication date: 2011
Measuring and evaluating adverse events for male circumcision clients who were passively and actively followed post-MC in Swaziland (abstract)
Presentation at the 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), Addis Ababa, 4-8 December
Apicella,Louis; Moyo,Khumbulani; Magongo,Gladys; Greene,Jessica; Hewett,Paul C.
Publication date: 2011
On the cutting edge: Research to improve the informed consent process for adolescents in Zambia undergoing male circumcision for HIV prevention (abstract)
Presentation at AIDSImpact 2011, Santa Fe, 12-15 September
Schenk,Katie D.; Friedland,Barbara A.; Apicella,Louis; Sheehy,Meredith; Munjile,Kelvin; Hewett,Paul C.
Publication date: 2011
Sex with stitches: The resumption of sexual activity during the post-circumcision healing period in Zambia (abstract) (PDF)
Presentation at the 19th meeting of the International Society for Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research, Quebec City, 10-13 July
Hewett,Paul C.; Hallett,Timothy B.; Mensch,Barbara S.; Garnett,Geoffrey P.; Kumbutso,Dzekedzeke; Todd,Petra E.
Publication date: 2011
Project Stats
Program(s):
HIV and AIDS
Topic(s):
Male circumcision
Sexuality and sexual behavior
Duration: 1/2009 - 11/2013
Population Council researchers:
Barbara Friedland
Nicole Haberland
Paul C. Hewett
Barbara S. Mensch
Non-Council collaborators:
Jhpiego, Johns Hopkins University
Marie Stopes International
Population Services International (PSI)
Donors:
Subgrant from Population Services International funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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