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Pigmentary complications after non-medical male circumcision [PDF]

BMC Urology, 2022
Background A wide spectrum of complications are reported after male circumcision (MC), the non-aesthetic complications are well known, but the pigmentary complications scale are not reported precisely.
Radwa Tirana, Doa Othman, Dalia Gad, Menan Elsadek, Mohamed A. Baky Fahmy   +4 more
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The perceptions on male circumcision as a preventive measure against HIV infection and considerations in scaling up of the services: a qualitative study among police officers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [PDF]

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, Francis Joel M, Kakoko Deodatus, Munseri Patricia, Bakari Muhammad, Sandstrom Eric   +5 more
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Acceptability of medical male circumcision in the traditionally circumcising communities in Northern Tanzania [PDF]

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, Mosha Jacklin F, Mwanga Joseph R, Wambura Mwita, Mosha Frank, Changalucha John   +5 more
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Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision to Reduce HIV Acquisition and Transmission. [PDF]

Curr HIV/AIDS Rep, 2022
This commentary introduces the special Global Health Section on the state of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs and current knowledge as to role of VMMC prevention of HIV infection acquisition in men and, indirectly, women.Since the first clinical trial of VMMC in Africa was published in 2005, implementation of programs has depended on
Vermund SH.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Circumcision as conquest: Masculinity in Eswatini’s voluntary medical male circumcision campaign materials

Global Public Health, 2023
As a public health intervention related to sexual transmission and involving genital surgery, male circumcision for HIV prevention necessarily relates to understandings of sexuality and gender, a relationship which public health campaign materials have ...
Sarah Rudrum
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Uptake of medical male circumcision with household-based testing, and the association of traditional male circumcision and HIV infection. [PDF]

AIDS, 2023
Objectives: Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is an important component of combination HIV prevention. Inclusion of traditionally circumcised HIV negative men in VMMC uptake campaigns may be important if traditional male circumcision is less protective against HIV acquisition than VMMC.
Zewdie K, Pickles M, Floyd S, Fidler S, Ayles H, Bock P, Hoddinott G, Mandla N, Shanaube K, Simwinga M, Fraser C, Seeley J, Piwowar-Manning E, Hayes R, Donnell D.   +14 more
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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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The Medical Benefits of Male Circumcision [PDF]

JAMA, 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 ...
Aaron A R, Tobian, Ronald H, Gray
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Knowledge, attitudes and acceptance of voluntary medical male circumcision among males attending high school in Shiselweni region, Eswatini: a cross sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background In countries such as Eswatini, where there is a high HIV prevalence and low male circumcision the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV/AIDS recommend infant and adult circumcision be implemented.
Mirriam Hlelisani Shezi, Boikhutso Tlou, Saloshni Naidoo   +2 more
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Mapping male circumcision for HIV prevention efforts in sub-Saharan Africa

BMC Medicine, 2020
Background HIV remains the largest cause of disease burden among men and women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa. Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of female-to-male transmission of HIV by 50–60%.
Michael A. Cork, Kate F. Wilson, Samantha Perkins, Michael L. Collison, Aniruddha Deshpande, Jeffrey W. Eaton, Lucas Earl, Emily Haeuser, Jessica E. Justman, Damaris K. Kinyoki, Benjamin K. Mayala, Jonathan F. Mosser, Christopher J. L. Murray, John N. Nkengasong, Peter Piot, Benn Sartorius, Lauren E. Schaeffer, Audrey L. Serfes, Amber Sligar, Krista M. Steuben, Frank C. Tanser, John D. VanderHeide, Mingyou Yang, Njeri Wabiri, Simon I. Hay, Laura Dwyer-Lindgren   +25 more
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