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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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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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Traditional Male Circumcision is Associated with Sexual Risk Behaviors in Sub-Saharan Countries Prioritized for Male Circumcision

AIDS and Behavior, 2019
To understand the sexual risk behavior of men with traditional male circumcision and medical male circumcision in the context of the World Health Organization's (WHO) campaign for voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) scale-up, we investigated ten countries prioritized for the scale-up from the Demographic and Health Surveys. Male respondents aged
Chyun Shi, Michael Li, Jonathan Dushoff
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Association between HIV/AIDS, Medical Male Circumcision and Traditional Circumcision in Mozambique, 2015

2023
Abstract Background The 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
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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Newspaper Coverage of Violence Related to Initiation and Traditional Male Circumcision in South Africa

Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2023
This study reports evidence of violence related to initiation and traditional male circumcision (ITMC) in South Africa. Our study conducted a search of the newspaper databases Newsbank and News24 from January 1, 2016, to August 31, 2023, and carried out a content analysis of newspaper articles that referenced violence in South African newspapers.
Timothy Makubuya, Anam Nyembezi, Kenneth Kibii   +2 more
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about Male Circumcision and HIV by Traditional and Medical Providers of male Circumcision and Traditionally and medically Circumcised Men in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Gender and Behaviour, 2009
The aims of this study in Mpumalanga, South Africa, are to assess (1) the current behavioural risk reduction messages and HIV/AIDS education provided by medical and traditional providers of male circumcision to men undergoing medical and traditional circumcision and (2) the risk-related behavioural beliefs regarding circumcision, HIV/AIDS risks ...
Peltzer, K, Banyini, M, Simbayi, L, Kalichman, S   +3 more
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Effects of Household Shocks and Poverty on the Timing of Traditional Male Circumcision and HIV Risk in South Africa [PDF]

AIDS and Behavior, 2013
Poverty may influence HIV risk by increasing vulnerability to economic shocks and thereby preventing key health investments. We explored this possibility by examining the relationship between household shocks and the timing of traditional male circumcision, a practice associated with considerable expense and whose HIV-prevention benefits are larger ...
Atheendar S. Venkataramani, Brendan Maughan-Brown   +1 more
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Traditional Male Circumcision in West Timor, Indonesia

2008
A complete description of harmful practices of male circumcision of both Atoni Meto and Belunese in Timor is presented, based on my research, Plan Indonesia, and Indonesia HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Project (AusAID), funded by the Ford Foundation. After my first research on Traditional Circumcision of Atoni Meto in 1997, I worked with Plan Indonesia ...
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Traditional male circumcision-related fatalities in the Mthatha area of South Africa

Medicine, Science and the Law, 2010
Traditional male circumcision is still widely practised by the Xhosa population throughout South Africa. Male circumcision is carried out mainly during summer and winter seasons. This is a retrospective record review of the male circumcision-related fatalities at Mthatha General Hospital during 2005 and 2006.
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Perceptions of Traditional Male Circumcision among University Male Students at a South African University

Men and Masculinities, 2016
In the past decade, traditional male circumcision, known as ulwaluko among the Xhosa-speaking people in the Eastern Cape Province, has become a burning issue in South Africa. The discourse has led to the emergence of two opposing camps: the supporters of ulwaluko who rely on “traditional ideology” to justify the cultural relevance of the practice, and ...
Anathi Nomanzana Ntozini, Ali Arazeem Abdullahi   +1 more
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