Adverse Event Trends Within a Large-Scale, Routine, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Program in Zimbabwe, 2014-2019.

Background: Between 2008 and 2020, over 22.6 million male circumcisions (MCs) were performed among men ≥10 years in 15 priority countries of East and Southern Africa. Few studies from routine MC programs operating at scale describe trends of adverse events (AEs) or AE rates over time.

Trust but verify: Is there a role for active surveillance in monitoring adverse events in Zimbabwe's large-scale male circumcision program?

Introduction: Ensuring quality service provision is fundamental to ZAZIC's voluntary medical male circumcision (MC) program in Zimbabwe. From October, 2014 to September, 2017, ZAZIC conducted 205,847 MCs. Passive surveillance recorded a combined moderate and severe adverse event (AE) rate of 0.