Sequential Cross-Sectional Surveys in Orange Farm, a Township of South Africa, Revealed a Constant Low Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Uptake among Adults despite Demand Creation Campaigns and High Acceptability

Esaie Marshall; Reathe Rain-Taljaard; Motlalepule Tsepe; Cornelius Monkwe; Florence Hlatswayo; Simphiwe Tshabalala; Simphiwe Khela; Lindo Xulu; Dumazile Xaba; Tebogo Molomo; Thobile Malinga; Adrian Puren; Bertran Auvert

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0158675

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Sequential Cross-Sectional Surveys in Orange Farm, a Township of South Africa, Revealed a Constant Low Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Uptake among Adults despite Demand Creation Campaigns and High Acceptability

Esaie Marshall,

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unit 1018, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Villejuif, France, Faculty of medicine, Research Unit 4184, Faculty of Medicine, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France
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Reathe Rain-Taljaard,

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Motlalepule Tsepe,

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Cornelius Monkwe,

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Florence Hlatswayo,

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Simphiwe Tshabalala,

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Simphiwe Khela,

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Lindo Xulu,

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Dumazile Xaba,

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Tebogo Molomo,

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Thobile Malinga,

Affiliation Progressus Research and Development, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Adrian Puren,

Affiliations National Institute for Communicable Diseases, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Bertran Auvert

* E-mail: bertran.auvert@uvsq.fr

Affiliations Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unit 1018, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Villejuif, France, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Faculty of Medicine, University of Versailles-Saint Quentin, Versailles, France
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Sequential Cross-Sectional Surveys in Orange Farm, a Township of South Africa, Revealed a Constant Low Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Uptake among Adults despite Demand Creation Campaigns and High Acceptability

Esaie Marshall,
Reathe Rain-Taljaard,
Motlalepule Tsepe,
Cornelius Monkwe,
Florence Hlatswayo,
Simphiwe Tshabalala,
Simphiwe Khela,
Lindo Xulu,
Dumazile Xaba,
Tebogo Molomo

Published: July 18, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158675

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