Improving the Quality of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision through Use of the Continuous Quality Improvement Approach: A Pilot in 30 PEPFAR-Supported Sites in Uganda

John Byabagambi; Pamela Marks; Humphrey Megere; Esther Karamagi; Sarah Byakika; Alex Opio; Jacqueline Calnan; Emmanuel Njeuhmeli

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133369

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Improving the Quality of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision through Use of the Continuous Quality Improvement Approach: A Pilot in 30 PEPFAR-Supported Sites in Uganda

John Byabagambi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: John Byabagambi, Pamela Marks, Humphrey Megere, Esther Karamagi, Sarah Byakika

Affiliation USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, University Research Co., LLC (URC), Kampala, Uganda
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Pamela Marks ,

Contributed equally to this work with: John Byabagambi, Pamela Marks, Humphrey Megere, Esther Karamagi, Sarah Byakika

Affiliation USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, University Research Co., LLC (URC), Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Humphrey Megere ,

Contributed equally to this work with: John Byabagambi, Pamela Marks, Humphrey Megere, Esther Karamagi, Sarah Byakika

Affiliation USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, University Research Co., LLC (URC), Kampala, Uganda
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Esther Karamagi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: John Byabagambi, Pamela Marks, Humphrey Megere, Esther Karamagi, Sarah Byakika

Affiliation USAID Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project, University Research Co., LLC (URC), Kampala, Uganda
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Sarah Byakika ,

Contributed equally to this work with: John Byabagambi, Pamela Marks, Humphrey Megere, Esther Karamagi, Sarah Byakika

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Alex Opio ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda
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Jacqueline Calnan ,

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Health Team, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Kampala, Uganda
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Emmanuel Njeuhmeli

* E-mail: enjeuhmeli@usaid.gov

¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Office of HIV/AIDS, Global Health Bureau, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Improving the Quality of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision through Use of the Continuous Quality Improvement Approach: A Pilot in 30 PEPFAR-Supported Sites in Uganda

John Byabagambi,
Pamela Marks,
Humphrey Megere,
Esther Karamagi,
Sarah Byakika,
Alex Opio,
Jacqueline Calnan,
Emmanuel Njeuhmeli

Published: July 24, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133369

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