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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
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Community perception of traditional circumcision in a sub-region of the Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa

South African Family Practice, 2005
The ritual of traditional male circumcisions (initiation) of young adults goes back generations among Xhosa people of South Africa. Xhosa tribe is committed to preserving the old cultural traditions.
B.L. Meel
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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
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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
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Data triangulation to estimate age-specific coverage of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in four Kenyan counties.

PLoS ONE, 2018
BACKGROUND:Kenya is 1 of 14 priority countries in Africa scaling up voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention following the recommendations of the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. To inform
Katharine Kripke, Marjorie Opuni, Elijah Odoyo-June, Mathews Onyango, Peter Young, Kennedy Serrem, Vincent Ojiambo, Melissa Schnure, Peter Stegman, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli   +9 more
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Causes of Acute Hospitalization in Adolescence: Burden and Spectrum of HIV-Related Morbidity in a Country with an Early-Onset and Severe HIV Epidemic: A Prospective Survey [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Survival to older childhood with untreated, vertically acquired HIV infection, which was previously considered extremely unusual, is increasingly well described.
Nathoo, Kusum, Shungu Munyati, Kusum Nathoo, Mujuru, H, Cowan, Frances M, Mujuru, Hilda, Larke, Natasha, Tsitsi Bandason, Hilda Mujuru, Larke, N, Bandason, T, Nathoo, K, Ndhlovu, Chiratidzo E, Munyati, S, Musvaire, P, Corbett, EL, Elizabeth L Corbett, Gibb, Diana M, Bandason, Tsitsi, Musvaire, Praise, Corbett, Elizabeth L, Gibb, DM, Cowan, FM, Ferrand, RA, Praise Musvaire, Ndhlovu, CE, Ferrand, Rashida A, Frances M Cowan, Chiratidzo E Ndhlovu, Diana M Gibb, Rashida A Ferrand, Munyati, Shungu, Natasha Larke   +32 more
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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
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Male circumcision for HIV prevention: a prospective study of complications in clinical and traditional settings in Bungoma, Kenya

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2008
OBJECTIVE: Male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV acquisition by approximately 60%. Male circumcision services are now being introduced in selected populations in sub-Saharan Africa and further interventions are being planned.
Robert C Bailey, Omar Egesah, Stephanie Rosenberg   +2 more
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Community and healthcare providers' perspectives on male circumcision: a multi-centric qualitative study in India. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Although male circumcision (MC) is recommended as an HIV prevention option, the religious, cultural and biomedical dimensions of its feasibility, acceptability and practice in India have not been explored till date.
Seema Sahay, Karikalan Nagarajan, Sanjay Mehendale, Sibnath Deb, Abhilasha Gupta, Shalini Bharat, Shripad Bhatt, Athokpam Bijesh Kumar, Vidisha Kanthe, Anju Sinha, Nomita Chandhiok   +10 more
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Traditional male circumcision in the Eastern Cape--scourge or blessing?

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 2007
Traditional male circumcision is still widely practised in the Xhosa population throughout South Africa. It is a rite of passage from boyhood to manhood. Unfortunately, botched circumcisions are a public health hazard and lead to tragic mutilations and deaths.The present study was undertaken to assess the extent of circumcision-related complications ...
Meissner, O, Buso, D L
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