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Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of males with regard to medical male circumcision [PDF]

, 2021
IntroductionMale circumcision refers to the surgical removal of all or parts of the prepuce of the penis. This procedure is undertaken for religious, cultural, social, hygiene or medical reasons (Maibvise and Mavundla 2013: 139). The number of people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) rose from approximately 8 million in the year 1990 to 33
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Willingness to participate in future HIV prevention studies among gay and bisexual men in Scotland, UK: a challenge for intervention trials [PDF]

, 2011
This article examines willingness to participate in future HIV prevention research among gay and bisexual men in Scotland, UK. Anonymous, self-complete questionnaires and Orasure Gäó oral fluid samples were collected in commercial gay venues.
BA Koblin, DJ Templeton, G Colfax, G Hart, GJ Hart, GJ Hart, GP Prestage, Graham J. Hart, HA Weiss, International Collaboration on HIV Optimism, J Elford, J Elford, J Elford, J Imrie, JE Mantell, L Sherr, L Williamson, Lisa M. McDaid, LM McDaid, LM Williamson, LM Williamson, LM Williamson, LM Williamson, LM Williamson, M Gross, N Crepaz, N Crepaz, N Nodin, NC Campbell, NS Padian, P Barresi, P Craig, P Flowers, PS Sullivan, R Dolin, RM Grant, S Dhalla, S Rerks-Ngarm, TJ Coates, W Rida   +39 more
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Lessons from voluntary medical male circumcision

, 2020
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The Review of Pros and Cons between Traditional Male Circumcision and Medical Male Circumcision in the Contemporary South Africa

Journal of Human Ecology, 2017
ABSTRACTThe relevance and benefits of Traditional Male Circumcision (TMC) as opposed to Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) has been a topical issue globally. The purpose of this paper through a desktop review, seeks to elicit debates, discussions, discourses and analysis of the pros and cons between Traditional Male Circumcision (TMC) and Medical Male ...
Thanduxolo Nomngcoyiya, Simon Kang’ethe   +1 more
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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
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Traditional male circumcision in eastern and southern Africa: a systematic review of prevalence and complications

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2010
OBJECTIVE: To systematically review studies on the prevalence and complications of traditional male circumcision (i.e. circumcision by a traditional provider with no formal medical training), whose coverage and safety are unclear.
Andrea Wilcken, Thomas Keil, Bruce Dick
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Male Circumcision and Infection [PDF]

, 2019
Worldwide, male circumcision is done for religious or cultural reasons, and to a lesser degree for medical indications. Newborn male circumcision is associated with fewer genitourinary infections in younger males.
Mielke, Ruth
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Perceived medical benefit, peer/partner influence and safety and cost to access the service: client motivators for voluntary seeking of medical male circumcision in Iganga District Eastern Uganda, a qualitative study

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Although safe male circumcision (SMC) in Iganga district was launched in 2009 with a target of having 129,896 eligible males circumcised by 2012, only 35,000 (27%) of the anticipated target had been circumcised by mid 2012.
Lubega Muhamadi, Musenze Ibrahim, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Stefan Peterson, Steven J Reynolds   +4 more
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A Reevaluation of the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Scale-Up Plan in Zimbabwe

PLOS ONE, 2015
The voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) program in Zimbabwe aims to circumcise 80% of males aged 13-29 by 2017. We assessed the impact of actual VMMC scale-up to date and evaluated the impact of potential alterations to the program to enhance program efficiency, through prioritization of subpopulations.We implemented a recently developed ...
Yousra A. Mohamoud, Susanne F. Awad, Mutsa Mhangara, Laith J. Abu-Raddad, Sema K. Sgaier, Fiona K. Lau, Sinokuthemba Xaba, Owen Mugurungi, Gertrude Ncube   +8 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., Fisher, M., Lwuji, C.C., McGrath, N., Newell, M.-L., Newport, M., Pillay, D., Porter, K.   +7 more
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