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BMC Public Health, 2012 Background 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. Consequently, Tanzania is striving to scale-up
Tarimo Edith AM +5 more
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Circumcision of male children for reduction of future risk for HIV: acceptability among HIV serodiscordant couples in Kampala, Uganda. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 The ultimate success of medical male circumcision for HIV prevention may depend on targeting male infants and children as well as adults, in order to maximally reduce new HIV infections into the future.We conducted a cross-sectional study among ...
Kenneth K Mugwanya +5 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 +1 more
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PLoS Medicine, 2005 Background Observational studies suggest that male circumcision may provide protection against HIV-1 infection. A randomized, controlled intervention trial was conducted in a general population of South Africa to test this hypothesis.
B. Auvert +5 more
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Knowledge about male circumcision and perception of risk for HIV among youth in Harare, Zimbabwe
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2019 Background: Male circumcision will require high uptake among previously non-circumcising countries to realise the impact of circumcising in preventing HIV.
Kudzaishe Mangombe +1 more
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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. +1 more
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, 2020 Based on fieldwork that aimed to gather more knowledge on female genital cutting among Kurdish–Norwegians, in this article we report on how research participants would often talk about male circumcision instead. Informed by current scholarship and public
I. Lunde +3 more
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Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2019 Background: Before 19th century, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, male circumcision was regarded as a right to passage to manhood; however, during the ruling of King Shaka Zulu, circumcision was abolished.
Promise N. Sangweni +2 more
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İstanbul Medical Journal, 2023 Introduction:Circumcision is one of the oldest and most frequently performed surgeries worldwide. The age of circumcision varies according to the country and region.
Muhammer Ergenç +1 more
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BMC Public Health, 2011 Background Data from traditionally circumcising communities show that non-circumcised males and those circumcised in the medical settings are stigmatised.
Mshana Gerry +5 more
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