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Risk Compensation in Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Programs

Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2022
Evidence from clinical trials identified the effectiveness of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) as an additional strategy to reduce the risk of HIV transmission from women to men. However, concerns about post-circumcision sexual risk compensation may hinder the scale-up of VMMC programs.
Yanxiao Gao   +7 more
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“The self-making of the scientific circumciser (fenni sünnetçi):” the medicalization of male circumcision in Turkey

Social Science & Medicine, 2020
This article analyzes the medicalization of male circumcision in Turkey. In the 1960s, the Turkish state launched its largest network of healthcare services in its history. As part of the network, health officers began to perform circumcisions and introduced medical expertise into male circumcision.
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about Male Circumcision and HIV by Traditional and Medical Providers of male Circumcision and Traditionally and medically Circumcised Men in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Gender and Behaviour, 2009
The aims of this study in Mpumalanga, South Africa, are to assess (1) the current behavioural risk reduction messages and HIV/AIDS education provided by medical and traditional providers of male circumcision to men undergoing medical and traditional circumcision and (2) the risk-related behavioural beliefs regarding circumcision, HIV/AIDS risks ...
Leickness C. Simbayi   +3 more
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The Safety Profile and Acceptability of a Disposable Male Circumcision Device in Kenyan Men Undergoing Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision

Journal of Urology, 2011
We established the safety and effectiveness as well as the acceptability of the Alisklamp® device for male circumcision among Kenyan men.To qualify for this hospital based, prospective, interventional cohort study one needed to be an uncircumcised adult male who was HIV negative with no comorbid factors or genitourinary anomalies precluding ...
Musau Pius.   +5 more
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Current Medical Evidence Supports Male Circumcision

2012
Circumcision has a wide array of potential benefits over the lifetime of males, and relatively few risks. Up to one in three males worldwide, if not circumcised, may suffer a medical condition caused by their foreskin [1–3]. In contrast, the risks of the procedure itself are less than 1% in infancy and less than 5% in older children and adults.
Brian J. Morris, Guy Cox
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Adverse Events after Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Swaziland

2016
Background: The Luke Commission (TLC) provides comprehensive mobile healthcare in rural Swaziland, a country with a 26% prevalence of HIV. Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) has been shown to reduce the rate of HIV transmission by 60%. Initial national guidelines have recommended circumcision for infants and HIV-negative men ages 15-24 but have
Harry VanderWal   +7 more
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MEDICAL AND ECONOMIC DISCUSSIONS OF MALE CIRCUMCISION IN IRAN

In most societies of the world, ministries of health and medical communities, or the relevant responsible institutions in each country, are required to publish a series of comprehensive and up-to-date details about circumcision. They are obliged to dispense with one-sided propaganda and promotion of circumcision.
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