Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2020 WHO/UNAIDS recommended Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in 2007 based on systematic review of observational studies prior to 1999 and three randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
T. Farley +5 more
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Will circumcision provide even more protection from HIV to women and men? New estimates of the population impact of circumcision interventions. [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: Mathematical modelling has indicated that expansion of male circumcision services in high HIV prevalence settings can substantially reduce population-level HIV transmission.
J. M. Baeten +16 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.
Romani B Momburi +21 more
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Sirkumsisi Perempuan Sebuah Tradisi Kuno yang Eksis dan Terlarang (Studi Kasus Mesir)
Asketik, 2020 This study discusses women's circumcision. This study took a sample of women's circumcision that occurred in Egypt because women's circumcision tradition is done massively in their community.
Jati Pamungkas
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Management of pain in newborn circumcision: a systematic review
European Journal of Pediatrics, 2020 Male circumcision (MC) is one of the most common surgical procedures performed on neonates. In the last decades, there have been consistent advances in the understanding of pain mechanisms in newborns, and analgesia has become a fundamental part of ...
S. Rossi, G. Buonocore, C. Bellieni
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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.
Faisal Ahmed +7 more
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PLoS ONE, 2018 BACKGROUND:Voluntary medical male circumcision has been promoted in high HIV prevalence settings to prevent HIV acquisition in males. However, the uptake of circumcision in many sub-Saharan African settings remains low.
Katrina F Ortblad +5 more
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Libertarianism and circumcision [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2014 Despite the millenniums-old tradition in Abrahamic circles of removing the foreskin of a penis at birth, the involuntary and aggressive practice of circumcision must not be made an exception to the natural, negative right to self-ownership-a birthright which should prevent a parent from physically harming a child from the moment of birth going forward.
Patrick Testa, Walter E. Block
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Factors associated with acceptability of child circumcision in Botswana -- a cross sectional survey
BMC Public Health, 2016 Background Safe male child circumcision has been recently adopted as a potential strategy to prevent HIV/AIDS transmission in later life in Botswana. Methods Data used was derived from a cross-sectional survey, the Botswana AIDS Impact Survey (BAIS) IV ...
Mpho Keetile, Motsholathebe Bowelo
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The (mis)reporting of male circumcision status among men and women in Zambia and Swaziland: a randomized evaluation of interview methods. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: To date, male circumcision prevalence has been estimated using surveys of men self-reporting their circumcision status. HIV prevention trials and observational studies involving female participants also collect data on partners' circumcision ...
Paul C Hewett +3 more
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