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The unbroken chain of female genital mutilation: a qualitative assessment of high school girls' perspectives. [PDF]

BMC Womens Health
Hemmeda L, Anwer L, Abbas M, Elfaki L, Omer M, Khalid M, Hassan M, Mostafa M, Hamza L, Mahmoud M, Osman MM, Mohamed M, Bakheet L, Omer AT.   +13 more
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Cultural and behavioral drivers of zoonotic disease transmission and persistence among diverse pastoralist communities in East Africa. [PDF]

One Health Outlook
Oketch DCO, Njoroge R, Ngage TO, Omar AA, Magarre A, Pasha R, Gachohi J, Muriuki SW, Khamadi SA, Boru AD, Bodha B, Kilowua L, Nyaga NW, Njaanake HK, Kamaara E, Jaoko W, Njenga MK, Osoro E, Omia D.   +18 more
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Male circumcision through the ages: the role of tradition

Acta Paediatrica, 2008
AbstractAim: In this study, we examine the evolution of tradition concerning infant male circumcision, utilizing evidence from classical medical texts as well as information from literature, legal sources and art.Methods: We examined the differences in the representation of male circumcision between ancient times and the modern era.Results: Through the
Nicola Zampieri, Emanuela Pianezzola, Cecilia Zampieri   +2 more
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Balancing Tradition and Modernity: Examining Knowledge Transmission in Male Circumcision Practices

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
This research explores whether traditional male circumcision imparts cultural knowledge, values, and practices that medical male circumcision might not.
Luvuyo Ndawule
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Male Circumcision in the Name of Tradition and Good Health

Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism, 2021
Raphael Cohen‐Almagor
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An In(ter)vention of Tradition: Medical Male Circumcision in KwaZulu-Natal, 2009–2016

, 2018
Liz Timbs
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Early infant male circumcision: Potential for changing adverse gender norms associated with traditional male circumcision among circumcising communities in Kenya

African Journal of AIDS Research, 2023
Introduction: Traditional male circumcision (TMC) inculcates masculine-dominance norms in young men. Early infant male circumcision (EIMC) and medical male circumcision (MMC) can potentially minimise these adverse gender norms. We explored the perceptions about EIMC and MMC among communities practising TMC in Kenya.Method: We conducted focus group ...
Jacob Onyango, Marylyn Ochillo, Eunice Omanga, Ohaga Spala, Gift-Noelle Wango, Edwin Lwanya, Kawango Agot   +6 more
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Newborn Male Circumcision

Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, 2023
:This symposium includes twelve personal narratives from parents about making the decision whether to circumcise their infant male children. The authors of the narratives include five fathers and seven mothers.
Heidi A. Walsh
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Association between HIV/AIDS, Medical Male Circumcision and Traditional Circumcision in Mozambique, 2015

2023
AbstractBackgroundThe WHO AFRO region continues to be severely impacted by HIV and a global public health problem. In Mozambique, as of 2015, HIV prevalence was estimated to be 12.5% among adults. Medical male circumcision (MMC) has been promoted as a national prevention strategy to reduce the risk of HIV in men.
Hélio Inácio E. Militão, José Carlos Langa, Judite Monteiro Braga, Erika Valeska Rossetto, Cynthia Sema Baltazar, Timothy A. Kellogg   +5 more
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Complications of traditional male circumcision

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics, 1999
The complications of traditional male circumcision were studied in 48 boys seen between January 1981 and December 1995. Their ages ranged from 3 days to 7 years (mean: 4 years). Haemorrhage, the commonest complication, was seen in 25 (52%) and infection in ten; one child had amputation of the penis.
A, Ahmed, N H, Mbibi, D, Dawam, G D, Kalayi   +3 more
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