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Volume 28, Supplement—December 2022
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Clinical

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

Megan E. PeckComments to Author , Katherine S. Ong, Todd Lucas, Amber Prainito, Anne G. Thomas, Alex Brun, Valerian Kiggundu, Aisha Yansaneh, Lesego Busang, Kabelo Kgongwana, David Kelaphile, Khumo Seipone, Mpho H. Letebele, Panganai F. Makadzange, Amon Marwiro, Mirriam Sesinyi, Tyrone Lapidos, Njabuliso Lukhele, Vusi Maziya, Mandzisi Mkhontfo, Teruwork Gultie, Dejene Mulatu, Mesfin Shimelis, Tiruneh Zegeye, Tesfaye Teka, Marc Bulterys, John N. Njenga, Elijah Odoyo-June, Ambrose W. Juma, Leonard Soo, Norah Talam, Malerato Brown, Tafadzwa Chakare, Nyane Nonyana, Mpho A. Khoabane, Andrew F. Auld, Alice Maida, Wezi Msungama, Martin Kapito, Rose Nyirenda, Faustin Matchere, James Odek, Marcos Canda, Inácio Malimane, Jotamo Come, Nuno Gaspar, Antonio Langa, Mekondjo A. Aupokolo, Kaauma C. Vejorerako, Lawrence Kahindi, Denis Mali, Abeje Zegeye, Derek Mangoya, Brigitte L. Zemburuka, Jackson Bamwesigye, Ida Kankindi, Eugenie Kayirangwa, Samuel S. Malamba, Thierry Roels, Lenny Kayonde, Eugene Zimulinda, Emah Ndengo, Sabin Nsanzimana, Eric Remera, Gallican N. Rwibasira, Beata Sangwayire, Muhammed Semakula, Eugene Rugira, Eugene Rugwizangoga, Emmanuel Tubane, Emmanuel Yoboka, Joseph Lawrence, Dayanund Loykissoonlal, Nandi Maphothi, Victoria Achut, Sudhir Bunga, Monday Moi, Mbaraka Amuri, Kokuhumbya Kazaura, Daimon Simbeye, Neway Fida, Alick A. Kayange, Mohamed Seleman, Juliet Akao, Stella T. Alamo, Geoffrey Kabuye, Sheila Kyobutungi, Fredrick E. Makumbi, Peter Mudiope, Barbara Nantez, Omega Chituwo, Lingenda Godfrey, Brian Muyunda, Royd Kamboyi, Joseph Masiye, Eda Lifuka, John Mandisarisa, Mutsa Mhangara, Sinokuthemba Xaba, and Carlos Toledo
Author affiliations: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA (M.E. Peck, K.S. Ong, T. Lucas. C. Toledo); US Department of State, Washington, DC, USA (A. Prainito); US Department of Defense, San Diego, California, USA (A.G. Thomas); US Department of Defense, Washington, DC (A. Brun); US Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, DC (V. Kiggundu, A. Yansaneh); African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships, Gaborone, Botswana (L. Busang, K. Kgongwana, K. Seipone); US Department of Defense, Gaborone (D. Kelaphile); US CDC, Gaborone (M.H. Letebele, P.F. Makadzange); Jhpiego, Gaborone (A. Marwiro); Ministry of Health and Wellness, Gaborone (M. Sesinyi); US Department of Defense, Mbabane, Eswatini (T. Lapidos); USAID, Mbabane (N. Lukhele); Ministry of Health, Mbabane (V. Maziya); US CDC, Mbabane (M. Mkhontfo); ICAP in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (T. Gultie); Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa (D. Mulatu); US CDC, Addis Ababa (M. Shimelis, T. Zegeye); US Department of Defense, Addis Ababa (T. Teka); US CDC, Nairobi, Kenya (M. Bulterys, J.N. Njenga, E. Odoyo-June); Ministry of Health, Nairobi (Ambrose W. Juma); USAID, Nairobi (L. Soo); US Department of Defense, Nairobi (N. Talam); US Department of Defense, Maseru, Lesotho (M. Brown); Jhpiego, Maseru (T. Chakare, N. Nonyana); Ministry of Health, Maseru (M.A. Khoabane); US CDC, Lilongwe, Malawi (A.F. Auld, A. Maida, W. Msungama); Ministry of Health, Lilongwe (M. Kapito, R. Nyirenda); US Department of Defense, Lilongwe (F. Matchere); USAID, Lilongwe (J. Odek); US CDC, Maputo, Mozambique (M. Canda, I. Malimane); Ministry of Health, Maputo (J. Come); USAID, Maputo (N. Gaspar); US Department of Defense, Maputo (A. Langa); Ministry of Health and Social Services, Windhoek, Namibia (M.A. Aupokolo, K.C. Vejorerako); Abt Associates Inc., Windhoek (L. Kahindi); USAID, Windhoek (D. Mali, A. Zegeye); Centre for HIV-AIDS Prevention Studies, Windhoek (D. Mangoya); US CDC, Windhoek (B.L. Zemburuka); US CDC, Kigali, Rwanda (J. Bamwesigye, I. Kankindi, E. Kayirangwa, S.S. Malamba, T. Roels); US Department of Defense, Kigali (L. Kayonde, E. Zimulinda); USAID, Kigali (E. Ndengo); Rwanda Biomedical Center, Kigali (S. Nsanzimana, E. Remera, G.N. Rwibasira, B. Sangwayire, M. Semakula); Alliance for Healthy Communities, Kigali (E. Rugira); Jhpiego, Kigali (E. Rugwizangoga); Ministry of Health, Kigali (E. Tubane, E. Yoboka); USAID, Pretoria, South Africa (J. Lawrence); Ministry of Health, Pretoria (D. Loykissoonlal); US CDC, Pretoria (N. Maphothi); Ministry of Health, Juba, South Sudan (V. Achut); US CDC, Juba (S. Bunga); US Department of Defense, Juba (M. Moi); US CDC, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (M. Amuri, K. Kazaura, D. Simbeye); USAID, Dar-es-Salaam (N. Fida); US Department of Defense, Dar-es-Salaam (A.A. Kayange, M. Seleman); US Department of Defense, Kampala, Uganda (J. Akao); US CDC, Kampala (S.T. Alamo, G. Kabuye); USAID, Kampala (S. Kyobutungi); Makerere University, Kampala (F.E. Makumbi, P. Mudiope); Ministry of Health, Kampala (B. Nantez); US CDC, Lusaka, Zambia (O. Chituwo, L. Godfrey, B. Muyunda); Ministry of Health, Lusaka (R. Kamboyi, Jo. Masiye); US Department of Defense, Lusaka (E. Lifuka); US CDC, Harare, Zimbabwe (J. Mandisarisa); USAID, Harare (M. Mhangara); Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare (S. Xaba)

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Figure 2

Mean number of male clients circumcised per US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)–supported nonmilitary VMMC site and mean number of PEPFAR VMMC sites, 14 countries in eastern and southern Africa prioritized for VMMC, by quarter, PEPFAR fiscal year 2020. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons. Q, quarter; VMMC, voluntary medical male circumcision.

Figure 2. Mean number of male clients circumcised per US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)–supported nonmilitary VMMC site and mean number of PEPFAR VMMC sites, 14 countries in eastern and southern Africa prioritized for VMMC, by quarter, PEPFAR fiscal year 2020. Scales for the y-axes differ substantially to underscore patterns but do not permit direct comparisons. Q, quarter; VMMC, voluntary medical male circumcision.

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