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The impact of a pro-male circumcision (MC) approach towards an HIV/AIDS prevention strategy in Botswana [PDF]

, 2009
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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Traditional Male Circumcision in Uganda: A Qualitative Focus Group Discussion Analysis

PLoS ONE, 2012
The growing body of evidence attesting to the effectiveness of clinical male circumcision in the prevention of HIV/AIDS transmission is prompting the majority of sub-Saharan African governments to move towards the adoption of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC).
Amir Sabet Sarvestani, Leonard Bufumbo, James D Geiger, Kathleen H Sienko   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Religio‐Racial Lines, Intimate Ties: Christian–Muslim Couples, Birth Rituals, and the Bounds of Belonging

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that conceptualizes race and religion as co‐constitutive forces within a “race‐religion constellation,” this article explores how this entanglement—profoundly infused and structured by secularity—is lived and negotiated in everyday life.
Deniz Aktaş
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Cut: Generative Refusal and the Reimagining of Jewish Affiliation in Contemporary Israel

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Jewish‐Israeli society, circumcision (brit milah) carries far‐reaching significance, symbolizing both the covenant between god and the Jewish people and serving as a key marker of communal affiliation and cultural continuity. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with Jewish‐Israeli parents who have chosen not to circumcise their sons and using ...
Nina Rageth
wiley   +1 more source

Psychiatric disorder in Xhosa-speaking men following circumcision [PDF]

, 2008
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.This interdisciplinary study, within the fields of anthropology and medicine, describes my qualitative research as an anthropologist into the mental illness histories of five young Xhosa-speaking men ...
Vivian, Lauraine Margaret Helen
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The Judeo‐Islamic God

The Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the concept of the Judeo‐Islamic God as a substantive and defensible alternative to the problematic concept of the “Judeo‐Christian God” in popular, political, and academic Western discourses. It argues that the transcendent monotheistic deity of Islam, Allāh, is a direct continuation of the composite deity of Rabbinic ...
Jeffry R. Halverson
wiley   +1 more source

Cost‐Effectiveness and Impact of Depression Treatment Implementation on HIV Outcomes in Western Kenya: A Mathematical Modelling Study

Journal of the International AIDS Society, Volume 29, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction In eastern, central and southern Africa, HIV is a leading cause of mortality, and both HIV and depression contribute substantially to morbidity. Depression can impede effective HIV treatment and prevention, yet access to depression treatment remains limited.
Daniel T. Citron, Hae‐Young Kim, Roscoe Kasujja, Khamisi Musanje, Samuel M. Mwalili, Duncan Kioi Gathungu, Peris Wambui, Chikumbi Chambwe, Ingrida Platais, Frey B. Assefa, Mellesia Jeetoo, R. Scott Braithwaite, Anna Bershteyn   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Male Circumcision Reduces Penile HPV Incidence and Persistence: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya. [PDF]

, 2021
BACKGROUND Male circumcision reduces the risk of human immunodeficiency virus infection in men. We assessed the effect of male circumcision on the incidence and natural history of human papillomavirus (HPV) in a randomized clinical trial in Kisumu ...
Rohner, Eliane, Backes, Danielle M., Rohner, E., Meijer, Chris J. L. M., Smith, Jennifer S, Bailey, R.C., Mei, Wenwen, Agot, K., Meijer, C.J.L.M., Bailey, Robert C., Chakraborty, Hrishikesh, Agot, Kawango, Meijer, Chris J L M, Hudgens, M.G., Bailey, Robert C, Backes, D.M., Chakraborty, H., Hudgens, Michael G., Moses, S., Mei, W., Smith, Jennifer S., Smith, J.S., Hudgens, Michael G, Moses, Stephen, Backes, Danielle M   +24 more
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Short‐Term Surgical Outcomes: Modified Dorsal Inlay Graft Versus Tubularized Incised Plate Urethroplasty in Pediatric Hypospadias With Narrow Urethral Plates

Andrology, Volume 14, Issue 6, Page 1528-1534, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Reconstructing the urethra presents in hypospadias surgery is difficult. Occasionally, the urethral plate (UP) may be quite narrow, necessitating augmentation or replacement to achieve additional tubularization. Objective The objective of this research was to assess the application of modified dorsal inlay graft (mDIG) and ...
Yakun Xu, Yanmin Wan, Dianyong Liu, Bin Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women's Causal Beliefs About Their Pelvic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Ethnography

Pain Practice, Volume 26, Issue 7, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction This study identified and synthesized the current qualitative literature on women's causal beliefs about their chronic pelvic pain. Methods Academic databases and relevant gray literature sources were searched from their inception to August 2025 with an English language limiter.
Grace A. Ferencz, Amelia K. Mardon, Alice M. Mitchell, Saravana Kumar, K. Jane Chalmers   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source