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Male circumcision [PDF]

QUAERENS: Journal of Theology and Christianity Studies
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 ...
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.) Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention.
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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]

BMC Public Health, 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.
B Auvert, BJ Morris, D Stokols, DD Brewer, Deodatus Kakoko, DM Fergusson, EA Tarimo, EA Tarimo, Edith AM Tarimo, EJ Schoen, Eric Sandstrom, G Kigozi, G Kigozi, GJ Londish, HA Weiss, HR Mahler, JM Francis, JM Morse, Joel M Francis, JR Daling, JR Mwanga, JT Bertrand, KR McLeroy, L Richard, LW Green, M Bakari, M Bakari, Muhammad Bakari, N Shaikh, N Siegfried, National AIDS Control Programme, O Meissner, P Lissouba, Patricia Munseri, PK Drain, R Kelly, RC Bailey, RH Gray, RH Gray, RH Gray, SR Sawires, T Robinson, TACAIDS, Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS), The United Republic of Tanzania Prime Minister's office, United Republic of Tanzania, World Health Organization, X Castellsague   +47 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]

PLoS ONE, 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.
A Herman-Roloff, B Auvert, BA Friedland, Caitlin E. Kennedy, Catherine Shembilu, CL Mattson, D William Cameron, Erica H. Layer, G Guest, G Kigozi, HA Weiss, HR Mahler, J Dushoff, JM Morse, K Charmaz, K Lundsby, L Eaton, LA Eaton, Lilian Mgeni, M Plotkin, M Sandelowski, M Westercamp, MJ Wawer, MM Cassell, N Andersson, N Fielding, N Larke, PC Hewett, R Gray, RA Alsallaq, RC Bailey, RC Bailey, RH Gray, RH Gray, Romani B. Momburi, S Kalichman, Sarah W. Beckham, SM Maregesi, TB Hallett, TB Hallett   +39 more
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Male Circumcision and Infection [PDF]

, 2019
Worldwide, male circumcision is done for religious or cultural reasons, and to a lesser degree for medical indications. Newborn male circumcision is associated with fewer genitourinary infections in younger males.
Mielke, Ruth
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Male circumcision significantly reduces prevalence and load of genital anaerobic bacteria [PDF]

mBio, 2013
Male circumcision reduces female-to-male HIV transmission. Hypothesized mechanisms for this protective effect include decreased HIV target cell recruitment and activation due to changes in the penis microbiome.
Aziz, Maliha, Contente-Cuomo, Tania L., Galiwango, Ronald M., Gray, Ronald H., Hungate, Bruce A, Keim, Paul, Kigozi, Godfrey, Lester, Richard, Liu, Cindy M., Nalugoda, Fred, Price, Lance B., Ravel, Jacques, Serwadda, David, Tobian, Aaron A. R., Wawer, Maria J.   +14 more
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Male circumcision [PDF]

Internal Medicine Journal, 2012
Male circumcision consists of the surgical removal of some, or all, of the foreskin (or prepuce) from the penis. It is one of the most common procedures in the world. In the United States, the procedure is commonly performed during the newborn period.
Susan Blank, Michael Brady, Ellen Buerk, Waldemar Carlo, Douglas Diekema, Andrew Freedman, Lynne Maxwell, Steven Wegner   +7 more
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Newborn male circumcision [PDF]

Paediatrics & Child Health, 2015
The circumcision of newborn males in Canada has become a less frequent practice over the past few decades. This change has been significantly influenced by past recommendations from the Canadian Paediatric Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics, who both affirmed that the procedure was not medically indicated.
Ann L Jefferies, S Todd Sorokan, Jane C Finlay   +2 more
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Techniques of male circumcision

Journal of Surgical Technique and Case Report, 2013
Male circumcision is a controversial subject in surgical practice. There are, however, clear surgical indications of this procedure. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends newborn male circumcision for its preventive and public health benefits that has been shown to outweigh the risks of newborn male circumcision.
Abdullahi Abdulwahab-Ahmed, Ismaila Arzika Mungadi   +1 more
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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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Circumcision revision in male children [PDF]

International braz j urol, 2006
To determine indications for circumcision revision and to identify the specialty of the person who performed unsatisfactory primary circumcision.The authors reviewed medical records of 52 cases that underwent circumcision revision over a 6-year period (1998 to 2004). Sleeve surgical technique was used for revision in patients with redundant foreskin or
Al-Ghazo, Mohammed A., Banihani, Kamal E.   +1 more
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