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Implementing voluntary medical male circumcision using an innovative, integrated, health systems approach: experiences from 21 districts in Zimbabwe

Caryl FeldackerInternational Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Seattle, WA, USA;Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Batsirai Makunike-ChikwinyaInternational Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Harare, ZimbabweView further author information
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Marrianne HolecInternational Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Aaron F. BochnerInternational Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Seattle, WA, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8348-3375View further author information
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Abby StepaniakInternational Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Robert NyangaInternational Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Sinokuthemba XabaMinistry of Health and Child Care, Harare, ZimbabweView further author information
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Peter H. KilmarxU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harare, ZimbabweORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6464-3345View further author information
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Amy Herman-RoloffU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harare, ZimbabweView further author information
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Taurayi TafumaU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harare, ZimbabweView further author information
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Mufuta TshimangaZimbabwe Community Health Intervention Project (ZiCHIRe), Harare, ZimbabweView further author information
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Vuyelwa T. Sidile-ChitimbireZimbabwe Association of Church-related Hospitals (ZACH), Harare, ZimbabweView further author information
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Scott BarnhartInternational Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), Seattle, WA, USA;Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA;Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Article: 1414997 | Received 11 Jul 2017, Accepted 04 Dec 2017, Published online: 11 Jan 2018

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Maria A. Carrasco, Jessica Wilkinson, Benjamin Kasdan & Paul Fleming. (2019) Systematic review of barriers and facilitators to voluntary medical male circumcision in priority countries and programmatic implications for service uptake. Global Public Health 14:1, pages 91-111.
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Bertha Maseko, Agatha Bula, Simone Sasse, Annie Thom, Mercy Tsidya, Jennifer Tang & Mina C. Hosseinipour. (2022) Opinions on integrating couple counselling and female sexual reproductive health services into Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision services in Lilongwe, Malawi. PLOS ONE 17:9, pages e0273627.
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