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Adverse events profile of PrePex a non-surgical device for adult male circumcision in a Ugandan urban setting.

PLoS ONE, 2014
BackgroundSafe Male Circumcision is a proven approach for partial HIV prevention. Several sub Saharan African countries have plans to reach a prevalence of 80% of their adult males circumcised by 2015.
Moses Galukande, Kevin Duffy, Jean Paul Bitega, Sam Rackara, Denis Sekavuga Bbaale, Florence Nakaggwa, Teddy Nagaddya, Nick Wooding, Monica Dea, Alex Coutinho   +9 more
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HIV risk: is it possible to dissuade people from having unsafe sex? [PDF]

, 2003
The cumulative number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections worldwide has reached 60 million in little over 30 years. HIV continues to spread despite a detailed understanding of the manner in which it spreads and measures which can prevent ...
Imrie, J., Richens, J., Weiss, H.
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Is the PrePex device an alternative for surgical male circumcision in adolescents ages 13-17 years? Findings from routine service delivery during active surveillance in Zimbabwe.

PLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundMale circumcision devices have the potential to accelerate adolescent voluntary medical male circumcision roll-out. Here, we present findings on safety, acceptability and satisfaction from active surveillance of PrePex implementation among 618 ...
Webster Mavhu, Karin Hatzold, Ngonidzashe Madidi, Brian Maponga, Roy Dhlamini, Malvern Munjoma, Sinokuthemba Xaba, Getrude Ncube, Owen Mugurungi, Frances M Cowan   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tanzania HIV/AIDS Indicator Survey 2003-04 [PDF]

, 2005
The Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) authorised the National Bureau of Statistics\ud (NBS) to conduct the THIS. The THIS is the first household survey of its kind to be conducted in Tanzania.\ud The survey covered the Tanzania Mainland only.The ...
National Bureau of Statistics Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (NBS), ORC Macro, (ORCM), Tanzania Commission for AIDS Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (TACAIDS)   +2 more
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Cohort study of the implementation of a Unicirc circumcision training program in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

African Journal of Urology
Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a key intervention to prevent HIV transmission, but open surgical circumcision requires extensive training and lacks the capacity for further upscaling.
Peter S. Millard, Bonginkosi Eugene Khumalo   +1 more
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Benefits and Barriers to the Utilisation of Safe Male Circumcision Services by Young Men Aged 15-24 in Rhino Camp Refugees Settlement in Arua District- Uganda

Journal of Reproductive Medicine, Gynaecology & Obstetrics, 2022
Up to date, only about 25% of males in Uganda are circumcised, yet Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) reduces the risk of HIV transmission by 60%. HIV prevalence in Uganda among people aged 15 to 64 is 6.2%, and 4.7% among males.
openaire   +1 more source

No. 24: Spaces of Vulnerability: Migration and HIV/AIDS in South Africa [PDF]

, 2002
Seventy per cent of the 36 million people infected worldwide with HIV live in Sub-Saharan Africa and within this region the countries of Southern Africa are the worst affected.
Crush, Jonathan, Gouws, Eleanor, Lurie, Mark, Williams, Brian   +3 more
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Progress in voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention supported by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through 2017: longitudinal and recent cross-sectional programme data

BMJ Open, 2018
Objective This article provides an overview and interpretation of the performance of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief’s (PEPFAR’s) male circumcision programme which has supported the majority of voluntary medical male circumcisions ...
Carlos Toledo, Melissa Habel, Stephanie M Davis, Jonas Z Hines, Jonathan M Grund, Renee Ridzon, Brittney Baack, Jonathan Davitte, Anne Thomas, Valerian Kiggundu, Naomi Bock, Paran Pordell, Caroline Cooney, Irum Zaidi   +13 more
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Spartan Daily, April 3, 2014 [PDF]

, 2014
Volume 142, Issue 25https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/1485/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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A Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Safety, Procedure Time, and Cost of the PrePex™ Device to Forceps Guided Surgical Circumcision in Zimbabwe.

PLoS ONE, 2016
BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS promote MC (male circumcision) as a key HIV prevention strategy where HIV prevalence and incidence are high and MC prevalence is low.
Mufuta Tshimanga, Tonderayi Mangwiro, Owen Mugurungi, Sinokuthemba Xaba, Munyaradzi Murwira, Danuta Kasprzyk, Daniel E Montaño, Daisy Nyamukapa, Basile Tambashe, Pesanai Chatikobo, Patricia Gundidza, Gerald Gwinji   +11 more
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