Using mathematical modeling to inform health policy: A case study from voluntary medical male circumcision scale-up in eastern and southern Africa and proposed framework for success

Emmanuel Njeuhmeli; Melissa Schnure; Andrea Vazzano; Elizabeth Gold; Peter Stegman; Katharine Kripke; Michel Tchuenche; Lori Bollinger; Steven Forsythe; Catherine Hankins

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0213605

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Using mathematical modeling to inform health policy: A case study from voluntary medical male circumcision scale-up in eastern and southern Africa and proposed framework for success

Emmanuel Njeuhmeli ,

* E-mail: njeuhmelie@gmail.com

Affiliation United States Agency for International Development, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Melissa Schnure,

Affiliation Project SOAR (Supporting Operational AIDS Research), Palladium, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Andrea Vazzano,

Affiliation Project SOAR (Supporting Operational AIDS Research), Palladium, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Elizabeth Gold,

Affiliation AIDSFree, JSI Research and Training Institute, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America
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Peter Stegman,

Affiliation Project SOAR (Supporting Operational AIDS Research), Avenir Health, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Katharine Kripke,

Affiliation Project SOAR (Supporting Operational AIDS Research), Avenir Health, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8228-4577

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Michel Tchuenche,

Affiliation Project SOAR (Supporting Operational AIDS Research), Avenir Health, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Lori Bollinger,

Affiliation Project SOAR (Supporting Operational AIDS Research), Avenir Health, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Steven Forsythe,

Affiliation Project SOAR (Supporting Operational AIDS Research), Avenir Health, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Catherine Hankins

Affiliations Department of Global Health and Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Using mathematical modeling to inform health policy: A case study from voluntary medical male circumcision scale-up in eastern and southern Africa and proposed framework for success

Emmanuel Njeuhmeli,
Melissa Schnure,
Andrea Vazzano,
Elizabeth Gold,
Peter Stegman,
Katharine Kripke,
Michel Tchuenche,
Lori Bollinger,
Steven Forsythe,
Catherine Hankins

Published: March 18, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213605

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