Traditional male circumcision and the risk for HIV transmission among men: a systematic review
Objectives To synthesise evidence to determine whether, in contrast to medical male circumcision, traditional male circumcision (TMC) practices may contribute to HIV transmission and what the impacts of TMC are on the initiates, their families and ...
Gregorius Abanit Asa +2 more
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This paper uses the qualitative unstructured interviews and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) to understand how Bamasaaba men conceptualise masculinity in response to safe medical male circumcision (SMMC) in Ugandan.
Dr Bernard Omukunyi
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Male circumcision and global HIV/AIDS epidemic challenges
Background Given the devastating mortality and morbidity associated with HIV/AIDS, many potential prevention measures against HIV infection continue to be explored. Most prevention methods are in the realm of sexual behavior change.
Emiola Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa +2 more
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Cutting through red tape: non-therapeutic circumcision and unethical guidelines [PDF]
Current General Medical Council (GMC) guidelines state that any doctor who does not wish to carry out a non-therapeutic circumcision (NTC) on a boy must invoke conscientious objection.
Shaw, D., Shaw, David
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Male Genital Mutilation in the Name of Ritual Circumcision: A Case Report and Literature Review
Unlike female genital mutilation, the alteration of male genitals has not received much attention. Circumcision is the most common and oldest surgical procedure being performed.
Latif Dar +5 more
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Male circumcision and human papillomavirus infection in men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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 +7 more
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The potential impact of male circumcision on HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]
\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.
Getz, Wayne M. +37 more
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Background: New cases of HIV are increasing among young adults in Zambia; yet voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) coverage as an HIV prevention measure remains low.
Ernest Kateule +5 more
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Systematic monitoring of male circumcision scale-up in Nyanza, Kenya: exploratory factor analysis of service quality instrument and performance ranking. [PDF]
Considerable conceptual and operational complexities related to service quality measurements and variability in delivery contexts of scaled-up medical male circumcision, pose real challenges to monitoring implementation of quality and safety.
Dickens S Omondi Aduda +4 more
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The impact of a pro-male circumcision (MC) approach towards an HIV/AIDS prevention strategy in Botswana [PDF]
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-103).This paper investigates how the emergence of male circumcision (MC) as part of a broader HIV prevention strategy will impact on Botswana's HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Mbayi, Letsema
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