Uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in priority countries in Africa rose from 1.7 million in 2012 to nearly 2.7 million in 2013, reports the World Health Organization (WHO). This WHO update on the health sector’s global response to HIV includes a section on VMMC scale-up (pp. 7-9). A WHO progress brief on the impact of VMMC uptake among priority countries in East and Southern Africa also is available.