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The perceptions on male circumcision as a preventive measure against HIV infection and considerations in scaling up of the services: a qualitative study among police officers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2012 Background In recent randomized controlled trials, male circumcision has been proven to complement the available biomedical interventions in decreasing HIV transmission from infected women to uninfected men. Consequently, Tanzania is striving to scale-up
Tarimo Edith AM +5 more
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Traditional male circumcision in Uganda: a qualitative focus group discussion analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: 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 ...
Amir Sabet Sarvestani +3 more
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The British Royal Family’s Circumcision Tradition [PDF]
SAGE Open, 2013 The birth of Prince William’s son in July 2013 was the occasion for an outpouring of media speculation about the fate of the royal baby’s foreskin. The possibility that he might be circumcised was connected to a purported tradition of circumcision within the British royal family, said to be have been initiated either by Queen Victoria or by George I ...
Robert Darby, John Cozijn
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Service delivery interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: A systematic review. [PDF]
, 2020 BackgroundVoluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) remains an essential component of combination HIV prevention services, particularly in priority countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Atkins, Kaitlyn +8 more
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International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2022 Introduction: Circumcision is the most common reconstructive urological procedure all over the world with minimal complications. It comprises of surgical removal of the prepuceal skin from the penis.
P Puvai Murugan +3 more
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Cogent Social Sciences, 2022 Male circumcision is culturally motivated with a symbolic meaning of the rite-of-passage from boyhood to manhood in some African countries such as Uganda, particularly by the Bamasaaba local people from the Bugisu sub-region.
Bernard Omukunyi
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Religion is Secularised Tradition: Jewish and Muslim Circumcisions in Germany [PDF]
Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2020 Abstract This article demonstrates that the legal reasoning dominant in modern states secularises traditions by converting them into ‘religions’. Using a case study on Germany’s recent regulation of male circumcision, we illustrate that religions have (at least) three dimensions: religiosity (private belief, individual right and ...
Salaymeh, L., Lavi, S.
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BMC Public Health, 2021 Background South Africa has a persistent burden of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Male circumcision has been shown to be effective in preventing HIV and STIs, but data are scarce on the protective effect of circumcision in high-risk populations ...
Blanchard Mbay Iyemosolo +2 more
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Habitus and Cultural Reproduction of Female Circumcision in Muslim Community of Sumenep
Society, 2022 Female circumcision has been widely studied in terms of the causal factors, the motivation of parents to choose female circumcision for medical or non-medical personnel, community knowledge about female circumcision, the relationship between female ...
Ida Rosyidah, Joharotul Jamilah
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BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is becoming more popular as an important HIV prevention strategy. Malawi, with a high HIV and AIDS prevalence rate of 8.8% and a low male circumcision prevalence rate of 28% in 2016, is one of the ...
Rodney Masese +3 more
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