Technical documents
WHO is working with other UN Agencies (UNAIDS, UNICEF and UNFPA) and technical Implementing Agencies to develop normative guidance, technical documents and tools to support the scale up of male circumcision for HIV prevention programmes and services. This page contains relevant UN documents that are available to guide policy makers, programme managers, researchers and service providers as they implement programmes.
Tools
- Framework for clinical evaluation of devices for male circumcision, 2012
- Manual for early infant male circumcision under local anaesthesia, 2010
- Male circumcision situation analysis toolkit, 2009
- Male circumcision quality assessment toolkit, 2009
- Manual for male circumcision under local anaesthesia, 2008
Guidance
- Use of devices for adult male circumcision in public health HIV prevention programmes. Conclusions of the WHO Technical Advisory Group on Innovations in Male Circumcision - Executive summary, 2012
- A guide to indicators for male circumcision programmes in the formal health care system, 2009
- Traditional male circumcision among young people : a public health perspective in the context of HIV prevention, 2009
- Operational guidance for scaling up male circumcision services for HIV prevention, 2009
- Male circumcision quality assurance guide, 2008
- Safe, voluntary, informed male circumcision and comprehensive HIV prevention programming: Guidance for decision-makers on human rights, ethical and legal considerations, 2008
- Male circumcision and HIV prevention in Eastern and Southern Africa: Communications guidance, 2008
- WHO and UNAIDS announce recommendations from expert consultation on male circumcision for HIV prevention, 2007