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Scientific ReportsChildhood male circumcision is a key intervention for reducing the transmission of HIV infection. Despite its proven efficacy, the uptake of childhood male circumcision across Uganda remains suboptimal.
Donald Otika +11 more
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Male circumcision and HIV infection in Swaziland: is there an association? [PDF]
, 2013 Thesis (M.A.)--University of the Witwatersrand, Demography and Population Studies, 2013Background: HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death among sexually active adults in SSA. In Swaziland, HIV prevalence is the highest in the world.
Machava, Richard Owen
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Public Health Achievements in Rwanda: A 21st Century Transformation
Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.This narrative review examines Rwanda's post‐2000 public health transformation using the WHO health system building blocks. It shows how strategic governance, universal health coverage via mutuelle de santé, community health workers, and digital health tools have driven substantial gains in maternal/child health, infectious disease control, and ...
Niyibizi Julius +2 more
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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2026.ABSTRACT Background and Aims The study aimed to investigate the prevalence, determinants, types, severity, and perceived health consequences of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) among adolescent girls aged 12–19 in Mogadishu, Somalia. The primary objective was to quantify the burden of different FGM types and identify socio‐cultural predictors. Methods A
Ahmed Abdinasir Abdule +7 more
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Parental perception of male circumcision: a local cross sectional study in a Muslim community
African Journal of UrologyBackground Male circumcision is regarded as one of the oldest and widely conducted surgical procedures. It entails partial or total removal of the prepuce skin. Recent human rights advocates have a higher dispute as regards circumcision.
Abdullatif K. Al-Maghlouth +1 more
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Theologia Viatorum, 2019 Male circumcision has long been associated with religious or cultural rituals which bestow culturally valuable status. In some communities, circumcision is believed to provide concomitant access to economic and spiritual resources such as land and the ...
Onias Matumbu, Vengesai Chimininge
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Religiously-Motivated Medical Neglect: A Response to Professors Levin, Jacobs, and Arora [PDF]
, 2014 This Response to Professors Levin, Jacobs, and Arora’s article To Accommodate or Not to Accommodate: (When) Should the State Regulate Religion to Protect the Rights of Children and Third Parties?
Nzirorera, Leonidas +1 more
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The art of HIV elimination: past and present science [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction: Remarkable strides have been made in controlling the HIV epidemic, although not enough to achieve epidemic control. More recently, interest in biomedical HIV control approaches has increased, but substantial challenges with the HIV cascade ...
de Oliveira, T. +7 more
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American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, Volume 95, Issue 5, May 2026.ABSTRACT Problem Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is harmful to physical, mental, and reproductive health, though the effect of this practice on a woman's HIV susceptibility is poorly understood. Despite the known associations of FGM/C with short‐term vaginal epithelial damage, neither genital inflammation nor the genital microbiome have been ...
James Pollock +19 more
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