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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is member of the 2018 Guideline Development Group (GDG) of the [[WHO]]. The GDG's task is to develop updated recommendations on safe male circumcision for [[HIV ]] prevention and related service delivery for adolescent boys and men in generalized [[HIV ]] epidemics.<ref>{{REFweb

Steve Kumvenji is an exceptionally enthusiastic and highly motivated young person strongly interested and actively involved in the public health field. He is currently involved as a Clinical Officer with the Ministry of Health, particularly responsible at providing primary health care in the consultation, diagnosis and comprehensive care treatment of patients and also a Service Provider of [[VMMC]] with over three years of Clinical Practice, fully registered with the Medical Council of Malawi. Recently, he has been very actively involved in high intensity mass [[VMMC]] campaigns as a VMMC provider in Malawi even in the areas where the traditional circumcision is highly practiced. The nature of the campaign has exposed him to a lot of outstanding experiences in [[VMMC]] in all the activities that he has been part of ranging from community mobilization on [[VMMC]] demand creation to screening for STI’s and provision of [[HIV ]] testing and counseling, group education on [[VMMC]] and linkage services to appropriate health care to the clients among others as best practices in the voluntary male medical circumcision.

Steve Kumvenji is a very active member of African Youth and Adolescents Network on Population and Development (AfriYAN). This is a consultative, coordinating and actions framework network for the youth and adolescent’s organization, a tool for collaboration on; [[HIV]]/AIDS, SRHR, population and youth development including all issues of public health and sustainable development. With AfriYAN, I have also been very instrumental in facilitating to the establishment of a National Youth Network in Malawi where among other activities involved the mobilization of young people, leaders and other stakeholders to the initial formulation. He served in the ESA Commitment CSO Coordinating Platform (PCC) which is a Pan African civil society movement that seeks to promote the successful implementation of the ESA Commitment on supporting sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents and young people. He has also served as President of the University of Malawi Students Union (UMSU) with over 18,000 members across the country.<ref>{{REFdocument

Kumvenji is an active and on-going provider of [[VMMC]] for more than three years. He is highly involved with VMMC and apparently is a strong believer in VMMC to prevent [[HIV]]. One would believe that his mind is made up in favor of male circumcision.