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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
doaj   +3 more sources

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
doaj   +2 more sources

Voluntary medical male circumcision and HIV infection among men who have sex with men: Implications from a systematic review

SAGE Open Medicine, 2019
Background: With the rapidly-increased HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men worldwide, the effectiveness of voluntary medical male circumcision as the tool of HIV prevention still remains undetermined.
Chen Zhang, Han-Zhu Qian, Yu Liu, Sten H Vermund   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Circumcision of male children for reduction of future risk for HIV: acceptability among HIV serodiscordant couples in Kampala, Uganda. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
The ultimate success of medical male circumcision for HIV prevention may depend on targeting male infants and children as well as adults, in order to maximally reduce new HIV infections into the future.We conducted a cross-sectional study among ...
Kenneth K Mugwanya, Christopher Whalen, Connie Celum, Edith Nakku-Joloba, Elly Katabira, Jared M Baeten   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acceptability of Medical Male Circumcision as an HIV Prevention Intervention among Male Learners in a South African High School. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel)
Gotye L, Nomatshila SC, Maake K, Chitha W, Mabunda SA, Nyembezi A.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Religious circumcision (Khatna) and circumcision mishaps in Kashmiri children

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2022
Background: Male circumcision is recommended practice in Muslim tradition and one of the oldest operations performed all over the world. Male circumcision is universal in our Muslim-dominated valley of Kashmir for religious reasons.
Yaqoob Hassan, Humayoon Rasool, Ajaz Ahmad Rather, Younis Ahmad, Insha Rasool   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infant male circumcision: healthcare provider knowledge and associated factors. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The emerging science demonstrates various health benefits associated with infant male circumcision and adult male circumcision; yet rates are declining in the United States. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for
Erin J Starzyk, Michele A Kelley, Rachel N Caskey, Alan Schwartz, Joan F Kennelly, Robert C Bailey   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors hindering effective uptake of medical male circumcision at Untunjambili area in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2019
Background: Before 19th century, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, male circumcision was regarded as a right to passage to manhood; however, during the ruling of King Shaka Zulu, circumcision was abolished.
Promise N. Sangweni, Thandisizwe R. Mavundla, Pule S. Moabi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source