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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 +5 more
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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 +5 more
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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 +2 more
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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 +2 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 +1 more
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Traditional Male Circumcision in West Timor, Indonesia
2008A 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, 2010Traditional 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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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 +1 more
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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 +1 more
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Traditional male circumcision intervention report
This intervention report is divided into six parts dealing with the following issues: 1. Attitudes of pre-initiates towards traditional male circumcision in the context of HIV in the Eastern Cape, South Africa 2. Evaluation of a safer male circumcision training programme for traditional surgeons and nurses in the Eastern Cape, South Africa 3 ...openaire +1 more source
Traditional male circumcision remains a dangerous business
Male circumcision using traditional methods is a dangerous, even life-threatening, rite of passage. In presumably the first study to test the feasibility of an intervention for safe traditional circumcision among the Xhosa in the Eastern Cape, the authors found weak support for encouraging this practice.openaire +1 more source
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRADITIONAL MALE CIRCUMCISION POLICY IN SOUTH AFRICA
PONTE International Scientific Researchs Journal, 2022Sentiwe Maxwell +2 more
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Male circumcision: integrating tradition and medical evidence.
The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ, 2013Seema, Kacker, Aaron A R, Tobian
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