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Male circumcision is an important intervention that is increasingly being incorporated into national HIV prevention programmes - especially in settings where HIV prevalence is high and the prevalence of circumcision is low. Effective communications is a vital component of any scale-up strategy.

This document offers guidance to programme managers and policy-makers on how to plan and manage communications to support the scale-up of male circumcision in Eastern and Southern Africa.
A number of key issues require strong communications support to ensure clarity about the relationship between male circumcision and HIV prevention.