Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS, 2010 Circumcision is one of the oldest and the most controversial surgical procedures performed worldwide and is almost universal among Muslim and Jewish men. Most medical institutions in various countries agree that although there may be health benefits, there is no medical justification for routine circumcision in neonates or children.
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The Perceptions on Male Circumcision as a Preventive Measure Against HIV Infection and Considerations in Scaling up of the Services: A Qualitative Study Among Police Officers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2012 \ud In recent randomized controlled trials, male circumcision has been proven to complement the available biomedical interventions in decreasing HIV transmission from infected women to uninfected men.
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Complications of circumcision in male neonates, infants and children: a systematic review. [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: Approximately one in three men are circumcised globally, but there are relatively few data on the safety of the procedure. The aim of this paper is to summarize the literature on frequency of adverse events following pediatric circumcision ...
Halperin, Daniel +3 more
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Service delivery interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: A systematic review. [PDF]
, 2020 BackgroundVoluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) remains an essential component of combination HIV prevention services, particularly in priority countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Atkins, Kaitlyn +8 more
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"After my husband's circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases": Women's Attitudes and Risk Perceptions Towards Male Circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 While male circumcision reduces the risk of female-to-male HIV transmission and certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs), there is little evidence that circumcision provides women with direct protection against HIV.
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Economic compensation interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
, 2020 BackgroundEconomic compensation interventions may help support higher voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) coverage in priority sub-Saharan African countries.
Atkins, Kaitlyn +8 more
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Catastrophic Complications of Circumcision by Traditional Circumcisers
Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2021 Circumcision is one of the important public surgeries performed globally. It is a popular non-therapeutic procedure that can be performed by people of various abilities and skills, ranging from trained medical practitioners to non-specialists, depending on their cultural and social backgrounds.
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Christians’ Cut: Popular Religion and the Global Health Campaign for Medical Male Circumcision in Swaziland [PDF]
, 2017 Swaziland faces one of the worst HIV epidemics in the world and is a site for the current global health campaign in sub-Saharan Africa to medically circumcise the majority of the male population.
Golomski, Casey, Nyawo, Sonene
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