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Circumcision: Perspective in a Nigerian teaching hospital

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2013
Background: The practice and pattern of male infants circumcised is influenced by culture, religion and socio-economic classification. The debate about the benefits and risks of circumcision has made a hospital-based practice the most acceptable ...
L O Abdur-Rahman, A A Nasir, J O Adeniran   +2 more
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Perceptions of male circumcision among male adults in Livingstone, Zambia [PDF]

, 2017
Male circumcision as a partial protection against HIV/AIDS and other STlsMale circumcision offers partial protection against HIV/AIDS and other STls.
Macha, F.
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Exploring factors influencing integration of traditional and medical male circumcision methods at Ingquza Hill Local Municipality, Eastern Cape: A socio-ecological perspective

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2019
Background: Medical male circumcision (MMC) and traditional male circumcision (TMC) are reportedly having negative and positive outcomes in the Eastern Cape province.
Sandile Prusente, Nelisiwe Khuzwayo, Yandisa Sikweyiya   +2 more
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Male circumcision and risk for HIV transmission : implications for the United States [PDF]

This fact sheet summarizes information in four areas of male circumcision: 1) male circumcision and risk for HIV transmission; 2) male circumcision and other health conditions; 3) risks associated with male circumcision; and 4) status of HIV infection ...

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Perceptions about medical male circumcision and sexual behaviours of adults in rural Uganda: a cross sectional study

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015
INTRODUCTION: medical male circumcision is currently recognized as an additional important HIV preventive intervention to reduce the risk of heterosexually acquired HIV infection in men.
Trasias Mukama, Rawlance Ndejjo, Geofrey Musinguzi, David Musoke   +3 more
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Substantial but spatially heterogeneous progress in male circumcision for HIV prevention in South Africa

Communications Medicine
Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of male HIV acquisition by 60%. Programmes to provide VMMCs for HIV prevention have been introduced in sub-Saharan African countries with high HIV burden.
Matthew L. Thomas, Khangelani Zuma, Dayanund Loykissoonlal, Ziphozonke Bridget Dube, Peter Vranken, Sarah E. Porter, Katharine Kripke, Thapelo Seatlhodi, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Leigh F. Johnson, Jeffrey W. Imai-Eaton   +10 more
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To Cut and Run: Donor Approaches to Male Circumcision in Southern Africa

African Studies Quarterly, 2015
Male circumcision is being heralded in the scientific and policy communities as a highly effective intervention that could significantly reduce the number of people being infected with HIV in a number of high prevalence countries in southern Africa ...
Krista Johnson
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The impact of male circumcision on risk of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: a household fixed-effects analysis of 279,351 men from 29 countries

Frontiers in Public Health
IntroductionWhile voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the individual-level risk of HIV acquisition by approximately 60% in randomised-controlled trials, little is known about the ‘real-world’ long-term effect of medical and traditional ...
Caroline A. Bulstra, Caroline A. Bulstra, Caroline A. Bulstra, Xiaochen Dai, Xiaochen Dai, Kenneth Ngure, Molly S. Rosenberg, Beatrice M. Wamuti, Beatrice M. Wamuti, Jan A. C. Hontelez, Jan A. C. Hontelez, Joshua A. Salomon, Katrina F. Ortblad, Till Bärnighausen, Till Bärnighausen, Till Bärnighausen   +15 more
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Male circumcision perceptions among HIV vaccine trial participants in Soweto: Qualitative study

Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
Background: Male circumcision has health benefits and cultural significance in South Africa and elsewhere. We sought to understand perceptions about male circumcision among participants enrolled in a preventive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine ...
Mbalenhle Sibiya, Fatima Laher, Mamakiri Mulaudzi, Lerato M. Makhale, Taibat Salami, Stefanie Hornschuh, Hong-Van Tieu, Janan J. Dietrich   +7 more
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The Ethical Dilemma of Childhood Male Circumcision—The Arguments Against Supporting Public Funding in Australia Remain Substantial. Comment on Ananthapadmanabhan et al. Privatisation of Request Infant Male Circumcision in Australia—An Equity-Focused Assessment of Impacts on Religious Communities in Greater Sydney. Soc. Int. Urol. J. 2026, 7, 51

Société Internationale d’Urologie Journal
An article in this issue on infant male circumcision argues that public healthcare funding should be directed to requests for infant male circumcision in Australia to address an inequity as a consequence of religious practice [...]
Prem Rashid
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