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Medical aspects of male circumcision [PDF]
BMJ, 2007 #### Summary points Circumcision is the commonest surgical procedure in males, because routine infant circumcision is practised in many countries for religious and cultural reasons. It originated over 15 000 years ago, being performed for religious, ritualistic, and cultural reasons, and it was not until the 19th century that the procedure was ...
Padraig, Malone, Henrik, Steinbrecher
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Male Circumcision Significantly Reduces Prevalence and Load of Genital Anaerobic Bacteria
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.
Cindy M. Liu +14 more
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South African Family Practice, 2011 Background: Medically safe, elective male circumcision supports traditional and cultural rites of passage by reducing the risk of adverse events and death among men undergoing initiation.
F. Peters, T.S. Marcus
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2007 Background Recent clinical trials in Africa, in combination with several observational epidemiological studies, have provided evidence that male circumcision can reduce HIV female-to-male transmission risk by 60% or more.
Moses Stephen +3 more
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BMC Pediatrics, 2017 Background The influence of socio-economic determinants on choice of infant male circumcision provider is not known in areas with high population coverage such as rural Africa. The overall aim of this study was to determine the key socio-economic factors
Thomas Gyan +5 more
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Youth Traditional Male Circumcision (TMC) as a tool to fight HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Implications for Human Rights and Social Work Practice [PDF]
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social SciencesTraditional Male Circumcision (TMC) as a feasible tool to increase HIV/AIDS response needs to be validated and advocated to especially its adherents who, from time immemorial, hold to the fact that its goal has been to achieve some socio-cultural goal ...
Simon Murote Kang’ethe
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BMC 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
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Circumcision: Perspective in a Nigerian teaching hospital
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2013 Background: The practice and pattern of male infants circumcised is influenced by culture, religion and socio-economic classification. The debate about the benefits and risks of circumcision has made a hospital-based practice the most acceptable ...
L O Abdur-Rahman +2 more
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Male circumcision: a scientific perspective [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics, 2004 The health benefits of male circumcision are wide ranging In this issue, John Hutson has reiterated the conventional Western medical view that “the surgical argument for circumcision of all neonatal males at present is very weak” and he criticises many of the circumcisions performed in later childhood, without anaesthesia, as “physically cruel and ...
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