[afro-nets] New Technical Briefs on Contraceptive Implants, Male Circumcision and HIV

["Theresa Norton" <inform@jhuccp.org>]

New Technical Briefs on Contraceptive Implants; Male Circumcision and HIV

Looking for technical overviews on health? Global Health Technical Briefs summarize the most important information on a timely global health topic in two pages, and pinpoint the implications for public health programs. 

Two new Global Health Technical Briefs are now available at http://www.maqweb.org: 

Global Health Technical Brief: Contraceptive Implants: Safe Effective, Long-acting, Reversible

http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/tb43implants.shtml
http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/tb43implants.pdf

Implants provide highly effective, long-acting pregnancy protection (3 to 5 years). Although insertion and removal require a trained provider, both procedures are done quickly. Contraceptive protection is immediately reversible upon implant removal; implants have no impact on long-term fertility.

Global Health Technical Brief: Male Circumcision: A New Approach to HIV Prevention 

http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/tb44malecirc.shtml
http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/tb44malecirc.pdf

Male circumcision reduces HIV transmission from women to men by approximately 60%. However, male circumcision is only partially protective. MC services must be accompanied by appropriate counseling and communication messages, including ABC (Abstain, Be Faithful/Reduce Number of Sexual Partners, Condom Use).

New Global Health Technical Briefs are posted regularly on MAQWeb at http://www.maqweb.org/techbriefs/index.shtml. Currently, the site offers 44 technical briefs on Family Planning, Healthcare Programming, Maternal and Child Health, and Malaria. The INFO Project (http://www.infoforhealth.org) produces Global Health Technical Briefs for the Maximizing Access and Quality Initiative.

Theresa Norton
Associate Editor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs
111 Market Place/Suite 310
Baltimore, Maryland 21202 USA
mailto:tnorton@jhuccp.org