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

Guidelines - Released in 2020
Preventing HIV through Safe Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for Adolescent Boys and Men in Generalized HIV Epidemics: Recommendations and Key Considerations

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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 Guidelines(2.19 MB)
 Policy Brief(1.34 MB)
 Annex 1.1. Guideline development process and groups ; declarations of interests (795.76 KB)
 Annex 2.1. GRADE and evidence-to-decision tables on voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention among adolescents(1.21 MB)
 Annex 2.2. Male circumcision and the risk of HIV infection in women : systematic review and meta-analysis (728.9 KB)
 Annex 2.3 Part 1. WHO guidance on voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention among adolescent boys and men (1.52 MB)
 Annex 2.3 Part 2. Synthesis of literature on voluntary medical male circumcision : facilitators and barriers, by country(817.94 KB)
 Annex 4.1. GRADE tables, summary of studies and evidence-to-decision table on safety and acceptability (943.69 KB)
 Annex 5.1. GRADE and evidence-to-decision tables on enhancing uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among men(764.74 KB)
 Annex 5.2. Case studies on enhancing uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision services(1.15 MB)
 Annex 6.1. Sustaining voluntary medical male circumcision services and linkages with adolescent sexual and reproductive health(827.57 KB)

Organizations

  • World Health Organization (WHO)