Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision Evidence Programme

It is widely recognised that preventive measures are crucial in tackling the HIV epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. Three randomised controlled trials and numerous observational studies have shown that male circumcision reduces HIV acquisition by approximately 60 per cent for men, suggesting that efforts to increase male circumcision can play a significant role in HIV prevention. While several programmes have focused on increasing the prevalence of male circumcision programmes and health care facilities to provide these services, progress in this area has been modest. 3ie supported seven pilot interventions and their impact evaluations to generate evidence on what works to increase demand.

To help inform the design of this evidence programme, 3ie published a scoping report on interventions to increase the demand for voluntary medical male circumcision. The report provides an overview of the interventions implemented in 14 Sub-Saharan African countries to increase uptake of medical male circumcision and the available evidence on the effectiveness of these interventions. This programme was designed in coordination with and with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Exploring the impacts of providing economics incentives to increase voluntary medical male circumcision

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2016  
This brief is based on two 3ie-funded pilot interventions in Kenya and South Africa that use economic incentives to evaluate if they increase VMMC uptake. The two studies used different forms of economic incentives with slightly different conditions to receive them.

Do lottery-based incentives help increase voluntary medical male circumcision?

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2016  
This brief is based on two 3ie-funded pilot interventions in Kenya and Tanzania. These studies were conducted to determine whether men aged 20–39 years responded to material incentives like smartphones or bicycles allocated through a lottery.

Can peers and other influencers increase voluntary medical male circumcision uptake?

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2016  
This brief is based on findings from four 3ie-funded pilot interventions in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia and Uganda that used role models, peers, partners and normative attitudes to evaluate whether or not these influencers had a positive impact on VMMC uptake. The impact evaluations summarised in this brief showed mixed results.

Assessing the impact of delivering messages through intimate partners to create demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Uganda

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study evaluates whether an information-based, partner-mediated intervention through pregnant mothers in the third trimester significantly increased demand for VMMC among their male partners in

Voluntary medical male circumcision uptake through soccer in Zimbabwe

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study assessed whether a 60-minute soccer-themed educational session led by a trained coach increased the demand for male circumcision among adolescent students in secondary schools in Bulaway

Using advertisements to create demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

The intervention consisted of distributing postcards with a compensation offer, information on a possibly unknown benefit of VMMC and/or a framing message to households in Soweto, South Africa.

Exploring the impacts of providing economics incentives to increase voluntary medical male circumcision

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2016  
This brief is based on two 3ie-funded pilot interventions in Kenya and South Africa that use economic incentives to evaluate if they increase VMMC uptake. The two studies used different forms of economic incentives with slightly different conditions to receive them.

Do lottery-based incentives help increase voluntary medical male circumcision?

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2016  
This brief is based on two 3ie-funded pilot interventions in Kenya and Tanzania. These studies were conducted to determine whether men aged 20–39 years responded to material incentives like smartphones or bicycles allocated through a lottery.

Can peers and other influencers increase voluntary medical male circumcision uptake?

Impact evaluation Brief 3ie PDF icon 2016  
This brief is based on findings from four 3ie-funded pilot interventions in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia and Uganda that used role models, peers, partners and normative attitudes to evaluate whether or not these influencers had a positive impact on VMMC uptake. The impact evaluations summarised in this brief showed mixed results.

Assessing the impact of delivering messages through intimate partners to create demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Uganda

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study evaluates whether an information-based, partner-mediated intervention through pregnant mothers in the third trimester significantly increased demand for VMMC among their male partners in

Voluntary medical male circumcision uptake through soccer in Zimbabwe

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study assessed whether a 60-minute soccer-themed educational session led by a trained coach increased the demand for male circumcision among adolescent students in secondary schools in Bulaway

Optimising the use of economic interventions to increase demand for voluntary medical male circumcision in Kenya

Impact evaluation 3ie PDF icon 2016  

This study assessed the impact of two five-month short message service (SMS) campaigns designed to increase the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in Zambia; one was a conventiona

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