NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.

The goal of this program is to integrate safe medical male circumcision (MMC) into hospitals and clinics in Sisonke District, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province as part of a package of HIV prevention services for 90% of males 15-49. This program directly supports Goals of the Partnership Framework including: preventing new HIV and TB infections and addressing female vulnerability to HIV and other STI infection by reducing incidence in male sexual partners. It is similarly supportive of the National Strategic Plan to reduce new HIV infections by 50%, as well as the KZN HIV strategy that lists MMC as one of three top priority interventions. The program will train healthcare professionals in safe MMC and build the capacity of 4 district hospitals and approximately 20 district clinics to provide routine facility-based and mobile MMC; the program will also establish linkages between MMC and STI, HIV, and TB management. MMC commodities will be purchased to support safe clinical procedures. Institutional skills and knowledge and bulk procurement will create cost efficiencies beyond the initial sunk costs of program setup and training. The project will create a cadre of trained professionals and equipped facilities for seamless transition to SAG management at the end of the project period. CMMB will ensure all program activities, outputs, outcomes and impact are tracked effectively and generate monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports. CMMB will integrate data systems to avoid duplication with SAG systems. Data systems will be electronic and automated and in real-time in order to permit timely reporting of all MMC activities and outcomes. CMMB will purchase two vehicles to support expanded coverage to 3 new hospitals and surrounding clinics in its 2nd year of operation.

Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.