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Traditional male circumcision: ways to prevent deaths due to dehydration

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.
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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

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 ...
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Best practice in male circumcision: acknowledging traditional leaders as custodians

The purpose and objectives of the HSD Research Seminar Series The seminar is one in a series of HSD research seminars that are organized and hosted by the HSRC on behalf of the Department of Science and Technology. The DST-HSD Research Seminar Series are designed to: 1.Showcase research and knowledge production in the Social Sciences and Humanities ...
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Balancing Tradition and Modernity: Examining Knowledge Transmission in Male Circumcision Practices

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
This research explores whether traditional male circumcision imparts cultural knowledge, values, and practices that medical male circumcision might not. By comparing the experiences of initiates who underwent traditional and medical circumcision, this study seeks to understand the differences in knowledge transfer associated with each practice.
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Male Circumcision in the Name of Tradition and Good Health

2021
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The consideration of socioeconomic determinants in prevention of traditional male circumcision deaths and complications

The responsiveness to socioeconomic determinants is perceived as highly crucial in preventing the high mortality and morbidity rates of traditional male circumcision initiates in the Eastern Cape, a province in South Africa. The study sought to describe social determinants and explore economic determinants related to traditional circumcision of boys ...
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Traditional male circumcision practices among the Kurya of North-eastern Tanzania and implications for national programmes

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 2011
Jacklin Mosha, Gerry Mshana, Mwita Wambura   +2 more
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The relationship between circumcision and cancer of the penis

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 1991
E J Schoen
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Opinions and perceptions regarding traditional male circumcision with related deaths and complications

The notion of manhood values is highly treasured and respected by various cultural groups practicing traditional male circumcision (TMC) in South Africa. This study was conducted at Libode, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The goals of this study were to (a) explore opinions and perceptions related to TMC among boys from 12 to 18 years of age, and (b ...
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AIDS and heritage management in South Africa: the case of traditional male circumcision

2008
The AIDS pandemic poses a serious threat to heritage resources, tangible and intangible, and to communities who practice and value these heritage resources, especially in Southern Africa. Cultural practices, such as male circumcision and initiation rites, will also have an impact on the progress and effects of the AIDS pandemic.
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