Safe male circumcision in Botswana: Tension between traditional practices and biomedical marketing [PDF]
Global Public Health, 2015 Botswana has been running Safe Male Circumcision (SMC) since 2009 and has not yet met its target. Donors like the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Africa Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership (funded by the Gates Foundation) in collaboration with Botswana's Ministry of Health have invested much to encourage HIV-negative men to circumcise.
Katisi, Masego, Daniel, Marguerite
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AIDS, 2023 Objectives: Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is an important component of combination HIV prevention. Inclusion of traditionally circumcised HIV negative men in VMMC uptake campaigns may be important if traditional male circumcision is less protective against HIV acquisition than VMMC.
Zewdie, K +14 more
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Traditional male circumcision and the risk for HIV transmission among men: a systematic review. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2023 Abstract Introduction Although traditional male circumcision (TMC) is still practiced in a number of countries, and its healing process may have a high risk of HIV and other STIs transmission, there have been no published systematic reviews on TMC, HIV risk, and impacts on circumcised men and their ...
Asa GA, Fauk NK, Ward PR.
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Male circumcision uptake, postoperative complications, and satisfaction associated with mid-level providers in rural Kenya. [PDF]
, 2012 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess postoperative complications and patient satisfaction associated with mid-level provision of male circumcision in rural Kenya. METHODS: A prospective cohort study was conducted among children, adolescents,
Obhai, George, Ngo, Thoai D
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Traditional Male Circumcision: Ways to Prevent Deaths Due to Dehydration [PDF]
American Journal of Men's Health, 2016 Deaths of initiates occurring in the circumcision initiation schools are preventable. Current studies list dehydration as one of the underlying causes of deaths among traditional male circumcision initiates in the Eastern Cape, a province in South Africa, but ways to prevent dehydration in the initiation schools have not been adequately explored.
Mbuyiselo Douglas PhD +1 more
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Adult Male Circumcision Tool for Use in Traditional Ceremonies [PDF]
Journal of Medical Devices, 2010 Public health officials are currently supporting adult male circumcision as a public health policy to minimize the transmission of HIV during intercourse. Estimates indicate that more than 3 million lives could be saved in sub-Saharan Africa alone if the procedure becomes widely used.
Kyle A. Lemmermen +4 more
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Cutting through red tape: non-therapeutic circumcision and unethical guidelines [PDF]
, 2009 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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"After my husband's circumcision, I know that I am safe from diseases": Women's Attitudes and Risk Perceptions Towards Male Circumcision in Iringa, Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2013 While male circumcision reduces the risk of female-to-male HIV transmission and certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs), there is little evidence that circumcision provides women with direct protection against HIV.
Romani B Momburi +21 more
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Acceptability of Medical Male Circumcision in the Traditionally Circumcising Communities in Northern Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2011 Data from traditionally circumcising communities show that non-circumcised males and those circumcised in the medical settings are stigmatised. This is because traditional circumcision embodies local notions of bravery as anaesthetics are not used.
Wambura, Mwita +17 more
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Complications of circumcision in male neonates, infants and children: a systematic review. [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: Approximately one in three men are circumcised globally, but there are relatively few data on the safety of the procedure. The aim of this paper is to summarize the literature on frequency of adverse events following pediatric circumcision ...
Larke Natasha +11 more
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