Reducing provider workload while preserving patient safety via a two-way texting intervention in Zimbabwe’s voluntary medical male circumcision program: study protocol for an un-blinded, prospective, non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial

Reducing provider workload while preserving patient safety via a two-way texting intervention in Zimbabwe’s voluntary medical male circumcision program: study protocol for an un-blinded, prospective, non-inferiority, randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Surgical male circumcision (MC) safely reduces risk of female-to-male HIV-1 transmission by up to 60%. The average rate of global moderate and severe adverse events (AEs) is 0.8%: 99% of men heal from MC without incident. To reach the 2016 global MC target of 20 million, producti...

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Main Authors: Caryl Feldacker, Vernon Murenje, Scott Barnhart, Sinokuthemba Xaba, Batsirai Makunike-Chikwinya, Isaac Holeman, Mufuta Tshimanga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Voluntary medical male circumcision
Zimbabwe
Mobile health
Healthcare delivery innovations
Post-operative follow-up
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-019-3470-9

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