Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Services for HIV Prevention, Sub-Saharan Africa, 2020.

Beginning in March 2020, to reduce COVID-19 transmission, the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief supporting voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services was delayed in 15 sub-Saharan African countries. We reviewed performance indicators to compare the number of VMMCs performed in 2020 with those performed in previous years. In all countries, the annual number of VMMCs performed decreased 32.

Consolidated Overview of Notifiable Adverse Events in the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief's Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program Through 2020.

Purpose Of Review: Through December 2020, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) supported more than 25 million voluntary medical male circumcisions (VMMC) as part of the combined HIV prevention strategy in 15 African countries.

Reducing cervical cancer deaths in women living with HIV: PEPFAR and the Go Further partnership.

Women with HIV bear a significant burden of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) related cervical disease, and a have a higher risk of dying from cervical cancer should it occur. WLH have increased acquisition of HPV and decreased clearance, leading to persistent HPV infection: a risk for cervical cancer. The greatest burden of HIV in women occurs in sub-Saharan Africa where diagnostic and treatment services for cervical disease are limited.

Urethrocutaneous fistulas after voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention-15 African Countries, 2015-2019.

Background: Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is an HIV prevention strategy recommended to partially protect men from heterosexually acquired HIV. From 2015 to 2019, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has supported approximately 14.9 million VMMCs in 15 African countries.