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Male circumcision for HIV prevention: a prospective study of complications in clinical and traditional settings in Bungoma, Kenya

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2008
OBJECTIVE: Male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV acquisition by approximately 60%. Male circumcision services are now being introduced in selected populations in sub-Saharan Africa and further interventions are being planned.
Robert C Bailey, Omar Egesah, Stephanie Rosenberg   +2 more
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Proven HIV Prevention Strategies [PDF]

, 2009
Describes strategies that, used in combination, have proven to be effective in preventing sexual, blood-borne, and mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

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Circumventing the Urologist: A Case of Poorly Executed Self-Circumcision

Journal of Urological Surgery, 2016
Circumcision is a relatively brief and safe procedure when performed by a medical professional. Recently, clamp-assisted circumcisions in the adult male have gained increased interest due to potential public health benefits.
Timothy Rogers, Omar Mostafa, Hesham Mostafa, Tim Suttle   +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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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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Behavior Change and HIV Prevention: (Re)Considerations for the 21st Century [PDF]

, 2008
Outlines the evidence base for the effectiveness of HIV-prevention programs aimed at reducing high-risk behaviors. Discusses elements of successful programs, challenges and limitations, and recommendations for expanding behavioral prevention ...

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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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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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Bias and Male Circumcision [PDF]

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2014
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Religion and healthcare in the European Union : policy issues and trends [PDF]

, 2009
92 p. ; 24 cm.Libro ElectrónicoThe impact of religious doctrine on the law, policy and practice of healthcare is becoming increasingly significant for a whole range of issues – from euthanasia to fertility treatment; from belief-based exemption from ...
Clifford, Jarlath, Petrova, Dimitrina
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