Adverse event profile and associated factors following surgical voluntary medical male circumcision in two regions of Namibia, 2015–2018

<h4>Introduction</h4> Monitoring clinical safety of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is critical to minimize risk as VMMC programs for HIV prevention are scaled. This cross-sectional analysis describes the adverse event (AE) profile of a large-scale, routine VMMC program and id...

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Main Authors:	Gillian O’Bryan, Caryl Feldacker, Alison Ensminger, Magdaleena Nghatanga, Laura Brandt, Mark Shepard, Idel Billah, Mekondjo Aupokolo, Assegid Tassew Mengistu, Norbert Forster, Brigitte Zemburuka, Edwin Sithole, Gram Mutandi, Scott Barnhart, Gabrielle O’Malley
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8528325/?tool=EBI

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