Country Implementation Updates

Some countries in sub-Saharan Africa can be considered priority countries for support for male circumcision programme scale-up because of their low prevalence of male circumcision and high prevalence of HIV. Regular updates will be provided here on country progress on male circumcision programme implementation as they become available.

Key resources

Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention: Progress in Scale-up (PPT, 6.17 MB). Presented at the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, San Francisco, California, 16-19 February 2010.

Progress in Male Circumcision Scale-up: Country Implementation and Research Update, June 2010 (2010, PDF, 1.22 MB). WHO/UNAIDS, 2010. This report summarises the progress made in expanding male circumcision services in the 13 African countries identified as priorities for scale-up. Two earlier country implementation reports are also available:

December 2009 (PDF, 1.08 MB)

July 2009 (PDF, 128 KB)

Updates by country

Botswana

Botswana Safe Male Circumcision: Additional Strategy for HIV Prevention (2009, PDF, 382 KB). Ministry of Health, Republic of Botswana, 2009.

Kenya

Progress Report on Kenya’s Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Programme 2008-09: Summary (2010, PDF, 556 KB)

Nyanza Update: Quarterly Provincial Newsletter on the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Programme (2010, PDF, 234 KB). Nyanza Provincial Task Force on Male Circumcision, Republic of Kenya, 2010. The December 2009 (PDF, 270 KB) issue is also available.

Kenya National AIDS/STD Control Programme: National Guidance for Voluntary Male Circumcision in Kenya (2008, PDF, 382 KB). Ministry of Health, Republic of Kenya, 2008.

Swaziland

Policy on Safe Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention (2009, PDF, 412 KB). WHO/Swaziland Ministry of Health, 15 July 2009.

Strategy and Implementation Plan for Scaling Up Safe Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in Swaziland (2009, PDF, 8.5 MB). WHO/Swaziland Ministry of Health, 2009.

Tanzania

Situation Analysis for Male Circumcision in Tanzania: Final report (2009, PDF, 623 KB). Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, September 2009.

Uganda

Safe Male Circumcision Policy (2010, PDF, 173 KB). Government of Uganda, Ministry of Health, Kampala, January 2010.

Situation Analysis to Determine the Acceptability and Feasibility of Male Circumcision Promotion in Uganda (2009, PDF, 674 KB). WHO/FHI, 2009.

Zambia

Press release: Ministry of Health and Partners in Zambia Launch the National Male Circumcision Strategy and Implementation Plan 2010-2020 (2009, PDF, 200 KB) WHO, July 2009 (press release).

Click here to read Zambia's National Male Circumcision Strategy and Implementation Plan 2010-2020 (2009, PDF, 149 KB).

Cabinet Committee of Ministers on HIV and AIDS Meets to Discuss Way Forward for HIV Response in Zambia (2009, PDF, 29 KB). National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council of Zambia, June 2009 (press release).

Cabinet Committee of Ministers Declaration (2009, PDF, 32 KB). National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council of Zambia, June 2009 (press release).