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Adult male circumcision with a circular stapler versus conventional circumcision: A prospective randomized clinical trial [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2015 Male circumcision is the most frequently performed procedure by urologists. Safety and efficacy of the circumcision procedure requires continual improvement.
X.D. Jin +7 more
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A multi-level model for estimating region-age-time-type specific male circumcision coverage from household survey and health system data in South Africa [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of male HIV acquisition by 60%. Programmes to provide male circumcision (MC) to prevent HIV infection have been introduced in sub-Saharan African countries with high HIV burden. While large-scale provision of MMC is recent, traditional MC has long been conducted as part of male coming-of-age ...
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Critical evaluation of arguments opposing male circumcision: A systematic review
Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2019 To systematically evaluate evidence against male circumcision (MC).
B. Morris, S. Moreton, J. Krieger
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Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023 Background: Objective: To determine youth’s knowledge about safe male circumcision as well as assess their attitude towards utilization of safe male circumcision services and also determine the practices in utilization of safe male circumcision at ...
Jonathan Econi
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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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Frontiers in Public Health, 2019 Background: Male circumcision (MC) is proven to substantially reduce men's risk of a number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We conducted a detailed systematic review of the scientific literature to determine the relationship between MC and ...
B. Morris +6 more
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Should liberal government regulate male circumcision performed in the name of Jewish tradition? [PDF]
, 2020 The word "circumcision" comes from Latin circum (meaning "around") and caedere (meaning "to cut"). Cultural and religious justifications are employed to convince members of the community as well as outsiders that ...
Cohen-Almagor, Raphael
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African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2012 Background: Male circumcision is currently being promoted in South Africa as a Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevention method. Effective implementation requires that healthcare providers should believe in the procedure’s efficacy and should possess
Panjasaram V. Naidoo +5 more
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Strong gender differences in reproductive success variance, and the times to the most recent common ancestors [PDF]
Journal of Theoretical Biology 310, 43-54 (2012), 2012 The Time To the Most Recent Common Ancestor (TMRCA) based on human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is estimated to be twice that based on the non-recombining part of the Y chromosome (NRY). These TMRCAs have special demographic implications because mtDNA is transmitted only from mother to child, and NRY from father to son.
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BMJ Global Health, 2019 Introduction Male circumcision (MC) confers partial protection to men against HIV and, in research settings, some sexually transmitted infections (STIs). It is also associated with protection from some STIs among female partners. However, real-world data
S. Davis +5 more
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