<qa>  How many healthcare facilities were surveyed in the Altagracia province?Drs. Brito and Bailey conducted a feasibility study of healthcare facilities in the Altagracia province in the Dominican Republic during June and July of 2007. A total of 37 healthcare facilities were surveyed. The study found that most facilities lacked appropriate equipment to perform surgical procedures and only four 11 had a surgical theater. 43 healthcare workers, the majority of them physicians 91, were interviewed for the study. Only 23 of the personnel had experience performing MC and a significant number of providers 76 believed they needed comprehensive training in the procedure prior to starting a MC program. Quantitative and qualitative studies to assess the acceptability of MC among men, women and providers in the Altagracia Province were conducted in 2008. In these studies, 73 of men thought that MC improved hygiene and approximately one third knew that it reduces the risk of penile cancer or STI. Only a small percentage 21 knew that MC helps prevent HIV infection. When first asked, 29 of participants reported that they would be willing to be circumcised if the procedure was offered to them. However, after an educational session detailing the benefits of the procedure for HIV and STI prevention, the acceptability increased to 67. Such increment was also observed in previous studies done in Botswana19 and Thailand20where acceptability increased from 61 to 81 and from 14 to 66, respectively, after a similar information session. In multivariate analysis, the strongest predictors of mens acceptability of circumcision, before the information session, were Haitian nationality OR1.86, 95 CI 1.01-3.41, thinking that circumcision improves hygiene OR2.78, 95 CI 1.29-6.0 and not believing that having a circumcision decreases sexual pleasure OR2.18, 95 CI 1.20-3.94. These results have been published 21, 22. 