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Heterosexual HIV-1 infectiousness and antiretroviral use : systematic review of prospective studies of discordant couples [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Recent studies have estimated the reduction in HIV-1 infectiousness with antiretroviral therapy (ART), but high-quality studies such as randomized controlled trials, accompanied by rigorous adherence counseling, are likely to overestimate the
Abdool Karim   +70 more
core   +1 more source

Bringing HIV Prevention to Scale: An Urgent Global Priority [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Illustrates the need for a scaled-up HIV prevention response in order to stem the epidemic, describes impediments to HIV prevention efforts and examples of successful initiatives, and includes recommendations for governments, health agencies, and ...

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The art of HIV elimination: past and present science [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Introduction: Remarkable strides have been made in controlling the HIV epidemic, although not enough to achieve epidemic control. More recently, interest in biomedical HIV control approaches has increased, but substantial challenges with the HIV cascade ...
de Oliveira, T.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Implications of male circumcision for women in Papua New Guinea: a transformational grounded theory study

open access: yesBMC Women's Health, 2017
Background Male circumcision reduces the risk of female-to-male transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and is being explored for HIV prevention in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Michelle Redman-MacLaren   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forced male circumcision and the politics of foreskin in Kenya

open access: yes, 2018
Do forced male circumcisions have political legitimacy in Kenya that they do not have internationally? This article asks what these acts of public violence tell us about the relationships between moral ethnicity and state formation in Kenya.
M. Lamont
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Increasing voluntary medical male circumcision uptake among adult men in Tanzania

open access: yesAIDS (London), 2017
Objective: We evaluated a demand-creation intervention to increase voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) uptake among men aged 20–34 years in Tanzania, to maximise short-term impact on HIV incidence.
M. Wambura   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lancet Glob Health [PDF]

open access: yes
BackgroundMale circumcision reduces men\u2019s risk of acquiring HIV and some sexually transmitted infections from heterosexual exposure, and is essential for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Strategies for Holistic Care in Neonatal Male Clients Undergoing Circumcision [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Male circumcision is a controversial medical procedure routinely practiced in the United States. Once performed only as a religious act, this minor surgery became fashionable in the late nineteenth century. In modern society, circumcision remains popular,
Scott, Lindsey
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Adverse event profile of a mature voluntary medical male circumcision programme performing PrePex and surgical procedures in Zimbabwe

open access: yesJournal of the International AIDS Society, 2017
Introduction: The frequency of adverse events (AEs) is a widely used indicator of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programme quality. Though over 11.7 million male circumcisions (MCs) have been performed, little published data exists on the ...
A. F. Bochner   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

open access: yesBulletin 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   +2 more
doaj  

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