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Is traditional male circumcision effective as an HIV prevention strategy? Evidence from Lesotho.

PLoS ONE, 2017
In many developing countries, male circumcision has been promoted as an effective HIV prevention strategy, and medical randomized controlled trials have indeed shown a causal link.
Elisa M Maffioli
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Knowledge about male circumcision and perception of risk for HIV among youth in Harare, Zimbabwe

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2019
Background: Male circumcision will require high uptake among previously non-circumcising countries to realise the impact of circumcising in preventing HIV.
Kudzaishe Mangombe, Ishmael Kalule-Sabiti   +1 more
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Key challenges to voluntary medical male circumcision uptake in traditionally circumcising settings of Machinga district in Malawi

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is becoming more popular as an important HIV prevention strategy. Malawi, with a high HIV and AIDS prevalence rate of 8.8% and a low male circumcision prevalence rate of 28% in 2016, is one of the ...
Rodney Masese, Gertrude Mwalabu, Pammla Petrucka, Patrick Mapulanga   +3 more
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Exploring the Nuances of Traditional Male Circumcision Initiation in South Africa and Other African Contexts

African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies
Male circumcision is an ancient practice across the globe, with concomitant shifts in the life of the initiates. This paper examined the complexities of Traditional Male Circumcision Initiation (TMCI) in South Africa and other African contexts.
Robert Mutemi Kajiita, Simon Murote Kang'ethe   +1 more
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Perceptions about medical male circumcision and sexual behaviours of adults in rural Uganda: a cross sectional study

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015
INTRODUCTION: medical male circumcision is currently recognized as an additional important HIV preventive intervention to reduce the risk of heterosexually acquired HIV infection in men.
Trasias Mukama, Rawlance Ndejjo, Geofrey Musinguzi, David Musoke   +3 more
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Healthcare providers’ perceptions and understanding of voluntary medical male circumcision in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A qualitative study

South African Family Practice, 2021
Background: There is compelling evidence that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the chances of heterosexual transmission of HIV infection.
Celenkosini T. Nxumalo, Gugu G. Mchunu
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A STUDY ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES TOWARDS SAFE MALE CIRCUMCISION AMONG YOUTH RECEIVING MEDICAL SERVICES AT LUGASA HEALTH CENTRE III, KAYUNGA DISTRICT. A DESCRIPTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Background: Objective: To determine youth’s knowledge about safe male circumcision as well as assess their attitude towards utilization of safe male circumcision services and also determine the practices in utilization of safe male circumcision at ...
Jonathan Econi
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Male circumcision and human papillomavirus infection in men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

, 2011
BACKGROUND: We systematically reviewed the evidence for an association between male circumcision and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection and genital warts in men. METHODS: PubMed and Embase were searched to 15 September 2010.
Isabel dos Santos Silva, Thomas, Sara L, Weiss, Helen A, Dos Santos Silva, Isabel, Helen A. Weiss, Sara L. Thomas, Larke, Natasha, Natasha Larke   +7 more
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Evaluation of Ceftriaxone as a Monotherapy and Amoxicillin With Clavulanic Acid as Combination Therapy in Surgical Prophylaxis

iNew Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) is crucial in preventing postoperative surgical site infections (SSIs), especially in clean and clean‐contaminated surgeries. It was a prospective comparative observational study that compared the effectiveness and safety of single‐dose ceftriaxone monotherapy with amoxicillin–clavulanic acid as a ...
Anayat Ullah, Arsh Ali, Md Nematullah, Suriya Kumar Singh, Anant Singh Paliwal, Najish Parveen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The potential impact of male circumcision on HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2006
\ud A randomized controlled trial (RCT) has shown that male circumcision (MC) reduces sexual transmission of HIV from women to men by 60% (32%-76%; 95% CI) offering an intervention of proven efficacy for reducing the sexual spread of HIV.
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