Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : The cost and impact of male circumcision on HIV/AIDS in Botswana | Journal of the International AIDS Society BioMed Central Research The cost and impact of male circumcision on HIV AIDS in Botswana Lori A Bollinger 1 John Stover1 Godfrey Musuka2 Boga Fidzani2 3 Themba Moeti2 and Lesego Busang2 Open Access Address Futures Institute Glastonbury Connecticut USA 2African Comprehensive HIV AIDS Partnership Gaborone Botswana and 3National AIDS Coordinating Agency Gaborone Botswana Email Lori A Bollinger - LBollinger@ John Stover - JStover@ Godfrey Musuka - godfrey@ Boga Fidzani - bfidzani@ Themba Moeti - tmoeti@ Lesego Busang - lesego@ Corresponding author Published 27 May 2009 Received 20 November 2008 Journal of the International AIDS Society 2009 12 7 doi 1758-2652-12-7 Accepted 27 May 2009 This article is available from http content 12 1 7 2009 Bollinger et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract The HIV AIDS epidemic continues to be a major issue facing Botswana with overall adult HIV prevalence estimated to be percent in 2007. This paper estimates the cost and impact of the draft Ministry of Health male circumcision strategy using the UNAIDS WHO Decision-Makers Programme Planning Tool DMPPT . Demographic data and HIV prevalence estimates from the recent National AIDS Coordinating Agency estimations are used as input to the DMPPT to estimate the impact of scaling-up male circumcision on the HIV AIDS epidemic. These data are supplemented by programmatic information from the draft Botswana National Strategy for Safe Male Circumcision including information on unit cost and program goals. Alternative scenarios were developed in consultation with stakeholders. Results .
