Tanzania launched a National Strategy for scaling-up voluntary medical male circumcision in 2010, and aims to circumcise 2.8 million males by 2015. In September 2009, Jhpiego's Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) launched a PEPFAR-funded voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) program which has circumcised over 110,000 males in Njombe and Iringa regions by June 2012. In line with the national strategy, the target age for the program was 10-34 years, but 80% of clients were aged 10-19 years. There is an urgent need to increase the proportion of older men (aged 20 years and above) who become circumcised, to have greatest impact on the HIV epidemic.
Age range
10 Years – 50 Years
Sex
MALE
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Impact of intervention on proportion of male clients aged 20-34 years (ratio of the geometric mean proportion of clients aged 20-34 years in the 10 intervention facilities versus that in the 10 control facilities)
Timeframe: 5-6 weeks of demand creation activities