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Age targeting and scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision in Mozambique

PLOS ONE, 2019
The voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) program in Mozambique aimed to increase male circumcision (MC) coverage to 80 percent among males ages 10 to 49 by 2018. Given the difficulty in attracting adult men over age 20 for circumcision, Mozambique became interested in assessing its age-targeting strategy and progress at the provincial level to ...
Juan Dent, Nuno Gaspar, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Katharine Kripke   +3 more
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Simplifying the ShangRing technique for circumcision in boys and men: use of the no-flip technique with randomization to removal at 7 days versus spontaneous detachment

Asian Journal of Andrology, 2019
To assess safety of the no-flip ShangRing male circumcision technique and to determine clinical course and safety of spontaneous detachment (i.e., allowing the device to fall off), we conducted a case series of no-flip ShangRing circumcision combined ...
Mark A Barone, Philip S Li, Richard K Lee, Daniel Ouma, Millicent Oundo, Mukhaye Barasa, Jairus Oketch, Patrick Otiende, Nixon Nyangweso, Mary Maina, Nicholas Kiswi, Betty Chirchir, Marc Goldstein, Quentin D Awori   +13 more
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Medical male circumcision and risk compensation – Authors' reply [PDF]

The Lancet Global Health, 2021
David Serwadda, Godfrey Kigozi
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Costs and Impacts of Scaling up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Tanzania

PLoS ONE, 2014
Given the proven effectiveness of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) in preventing the spread of HIV, Tanzania is scaling up VMMC as an HIV prevention strategy. This study will inform policymakers about the potential costs and benefits of scaling up VMMC services in Tanzania.The analysis first assessed the unit costs of delivering VMMC at the ...
Veena Menon, Ramona Godbole, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Hally Mahler, Delivette Castor, Steven Forsythe, Elizabeth S. Gold, Mariam Ally   +7 more
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Men undergoing medical circumcision at a community health centre: Knowledge and attitudes

South African Family Practice
Background: Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) and/or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome remains a significant global health issue, affecting millions of individuals worldwide.
Charles K. Baloyi, John V. Ndimande, Cila D. Kabongo, Jean Louis M. Yoko, Beya Mpinda   +4 more
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Male circumcision for HIV prevention - a cross-sectional study on awareness among young people and adults in rural Uganda

BMC Public Health, 2010
Background Medical male circumcision is now part of a comprehensive approach to HIV prevention. It has been shown that awareness of the protective effect of male circumcision leads to high acceptability towards the introduction of medical male ...
Hizaamu Ramadhan NB, Miiro-Nakayima Flavia, Wilcken Andrea, Keil Thomas, Balaba-Byansi Dorothy   +4 more
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Male circumcision in the United States: The History, an analysis of the discourse, and a philosophical interpretation [PDF]

, 2011
Routine neonatal circumcision is at the present time a procedure on the decline in the United States. This is largely due to the lack of medical justification for the surgery, as medical organizations today do not recommend the procedure.
Cohen, Jonathan D
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Conceptualizing technicization: the history of the medicalization of male circumcision

European Journal of International Relations
How does social actors’ engagement with the technical dimensions of world politics—from material infrastructures to modeling, engineering, bureaucracy, and discourses of expertise—bring about specific social configurations and political effects? To answer this research problem, International Relations scholars have growingly mobilized the idea of ...
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Could Circumcision of HIV-Positive Males Benefit Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Programs in Africa? Mathematical Modeling Analysis

PLOS ONE, 2017
The epidemiological and programmatic implications of inclusivity of HIV-positive males in voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs are uncertain. We modeled these implications using Zambia as an illustrative example.We used the Age-Structured Mathematical (ASM) model to evaluate, over an intermediate horizon (2010-2025), the effectiveness ...
Anne Thomas, Jason Reed, Susanne F. Awad, Laith J. Abu-Raddad, Laith J. Abu-Raddad, Naomi Bock, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Fiona K. Lau, Katharine Kripke, Sema K. Sgaier, Bushimbwa Tambatamba, Yousra A. Mohamoud   +11 more
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Islamic headscarves and female circumcision: Unveiling the threat posed by Islam to human rights [PDF]

, 2005
This paper is, in part, a response to the NZPGLeJ Editor-in-Chief Herman Salton’s article,“‘Veiled Threats?’ Islam, Headscarves and Freedom of Religion in France and the United States”, which was published in the first issue of this journal.
Williamson, Myra Elsie Jane Bell
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