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Voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention among adolescents in Kenya: Unintended consequences of pursuing service-delivery targets

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Introduction Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) provides significant reductions in the risk of female-to-male HIV transmission. Since 2007, VMMC has been a key component of the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief’s (PEPFAR ...
A. Gilbertson   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

CIRCUMCISION IN MALES WITH BLEEDING DISORDERS

open access: yesMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2013
Introduction: Male circumcision practice is an invasive procedure that is using worldwide. It makes challenges to haemostatic system and its possible haemorrhagic side effects are more serious in bleeding individuals than normal subjects. In most cases, it can be complete controlled using infusion of appropriate amount of coagulation factors before and
Hassan Mansouritorghabeh   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Medical aspects of male circumcision [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 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 ...
Henrik A. Steinbrecher   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Complications of high volume circumcision: glans amputation in adolescents; a case report

open access: yesBMC Urology, 2019
Background The past four years has seen a rapid roll-out of male medical circumcision services in South Africa in response to clinical trials showing circumcision prevents HIV acquisition in heterosexual men.
Mmatsie Manentsa   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Yeasts and circumcision in the male. [PDF]

open access: yesSexually Transmitted Infections, 1977
Sixty-six circumcised men and 69 uncircumcised men, both heterosexual and homosexual, had specimens taken from the coronal sulcus and meatus of the penis. Yeasts were isolated at similar rates in both the circumcised (14%) and uncircumcised (17%) men. The circumcised men had significantly fewer symptoms (P = 0-0058).
openaire   +3 more sources

Deepfake pornography as a male gaze on fan culture [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
This essay shows the impact of deepfake technology on fan culture. The innovative technology provided the male audience with an instrument to express its ideas and plots. Which subsequently led to the rise of deepfake pornography. It is often seen as a part of celebrity studies; however, the essay shows that it could also be considered a type of fanfic
arxiv  

The Medical Benefits of Male Circumcision [PDF]

open access: yesJAMA, 2011
With 2 new states recently joining 16 others in eliminating Medicaid insurance for male circumcision, possible ballot initiatives to ban male circumcision, and the long-awaited American Academy of Pediatrics male circumcision policy statement, there is a need to evaluate the medical risks and benefits of male circumcision, particularly in light of ...
Ronald H. Gray, Aaron A.R. Tobian
openaire   +2 more sources

Why Y chromosome is shorter and women live longer? [PDF]

open access: yesEur. Phys. J. B 65, 149-153 (2008), 2008
We have used the Penna ageing model to analyze how the differences in evolution of sex chromosomes depend on the strategy of reproduction. In panmictic populations, when females (XX) can freely choose the male partner (XY) for reproduction from the whole population, the Y chromosome accumulates defects and eventually the only information it brings is a
arxiv   +1 more source

Progress in voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention supported by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through 2017: longitudinal and recent cross-sectional programme data

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2018
Objective This article provides an overview and interpretation of the performance of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief’s (PEPFAR’s) male circumcision programme which has supported the majority of voluntary medical male circumcisions ...
S. Davis   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Male circumcision and global HIV/AIDS epidemic challenges

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Urology, 2019
Background Given the devastating mortality and morbidity associated with HIV/AIDS, many potential prevention measures against HIV infection continue to be explored. Most prevention methods are in the realm of sexual behavior change.
Emiola Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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