Implementation of adolescent-friendly voluntary medical male circumcision using a school based recruitment program in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Implementation of adolescent-friendly voluntary medical male circumcision using a school based recruitment program in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

BACKGROUND:Epidemiological data from South Africa demonstrate that risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in males increases dramatically after adolescence. Targeting adolescent HIV-negative males may be an efficient and cost-effective means of maximising the established HIV prevention...

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Main Authors: Carl Montague, Nelisiwe Ngcobo, Gethwana Mahlase, Janet Frohlich, Cheryl Pillay, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Hilton Humphries, Rachael Dellar, Kogieleum Naidoo, Quarraisha Abdool Karim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4008624?pdf=render

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