TY - JOUR T1 - Sustaining Gains Made in Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision JF - Global Health: Science and Practice JO - GLOB HEALTH SCI PRACT SP - S1 LP - S2 DO - 10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00106 VL - 4 IS - Supplement 1 AU - Chewe Luo Y1 - 2016/07/01 UR - http://www.ghspjournal.org/content/4/Supplement_1/S1.abstract N2 - Introducing early infant male circumcision (EIMC) can sustain voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs. This Global Health: Science and Practice supplement presents lessons learned, research findings on demand creation, and cost comparisons of various models of EIMC introduction.Fourteen countries in sub-Saharan Africa with high HIV burden and low prevalence of male circumcision are currently providing voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services in line with the 2007 recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). VMMC, which reduces the risk of heterosexually acquired HIV infection in men by approximately 60%,1-3 is one element of a combination HIV-prevention package that can include correct and consistent use of condoms, HIV testing and counseling, treatment of sexually transmitted infections, behavior change communication, harm reduction for people who inject drugs, community-based interventions for key populations, antiretroviral treatment for people living with HIV, and pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis.The main thrust of VMMC programs has been to circumcise men ages 15 to 49 years to reduce their risk of HIV infection. Scaling up VMMC to reach the target of 80% coverage among men ages 15 to 49 years in the 13 countries would … ER -