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Voluntary male medical circumcision of pre-school-aged boys in primary care

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is a priority human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) preventive intervention. Challenges in funding national VMMC programmes mandate us to adopt new methods to provide circumcisions in a primary care setting.
Norman D. Goldstuck, Peter S. Millard
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Establishing an Improved Cellular Photoaging Model by Repeated UVA Exposure of Human Skin Fibroblasts

Skin Research and Technology, Volume 31, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Repeated ultraviolet A (UVA) exposure‐induced cellular photoaging models had been widely applicated to study skin photoaging. However, there is no standard protocol to prepare these models and cell passaging is inevitably needed when fibroblasts are cultured in conventional media for 5–7 days.
Wen‐Jun Tang, Zhuo‐Ran Li, Guang‐Lian Wang, Yu‐Fan Xue, Yi‐Yin Kou, Jia Zhao, Chi Zhang, Li‐Wen Li, Zhuan‐Li Bai   +8 more
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Scaling Up and Sustaining Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Maintaining HIV Prevention Benefits [PDF]

Global Health: Science and Practice, 2016
To maintain high circumcision prevalence, voluntary medical male circumcision programs in East and Southern Africa need to plan for sustainability and conduct transition assessments early on, rather than waiting until the saturation of priority targets at the end of the program.
Njeuhmeli, Emmanuel, Gorgens, Marelize, Gold, Elizabeth, Sanders, Rachel, Lija, Jackson, Christensen, Alice, Benson, Francis Ndwiga, Mziray, Elizabeth, Ahanda, Kim Seifert, Kaliel, Deborah, Sint, Tin Tin, Luo, Chewe   +11 more
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Male Circumcision as an HIV Prevention Strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa: Socio-Legal Barriers [PDF]

, 2008
UNAIDS and WHO recommend safe, voluntary male circumcision as an additional, important strategy for the prevention of heterosexually-acquired HIV in men in areas with high HIV prevalence and low levels of male circumcision.
Gostin, Lawrence O.
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HIV incidence and prevalence among adults in Mozambique: estimates from the Population‐based HIV Impact Assessment Survey (INSIDA 2021) and district‐level modelling

Journal of the International AIDS Society, Volume 28, Issue 11, November 2025.
Abstract Introduction Accurate information is needed to prioritize programmes and resources that address gaps in the HIV response. We examined findings from the 2021 Mozambique Population‐based HIV Impact Assessment (INSIDA) survey, complemented with subnational model‐based estimates of the number of new infections and district‐level incidence to gauge
Eduardo Samo Gudo, K. Carter McCabe, Erika Fazito, Daniel Catano, Orrin Tiberi, Makini Boothe, Jordan McOwen, Jeffrey W. Imai‐Eaton, Oliver Stevens, Lourena Manembe, Wafaa M. El‐Sadr   +10 more
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Substantial but spatially heterogeneous progress in male circumcision for HIV prevention in South Africa

Communications Medicine
Background Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of male HIV acquisition by 60%. Programmes to provide VMMCs for HIV prevention have been introduced in sub-Saharan African countries with high HIV burden.
Matthew L. Thomas, Khangelani Zuma, Dayanund Loykissoonlal, Ziphozonke Bridget Dube, Peter Vranken, Sarah E. Porter, Katharine Kripke, Thapelo Seatlhodi, Gesine Meyer-Rath, Leigh F. Johnson, Jeffrey W. Imai-Eaton   +10 more
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Evolving landscape of economic evaluations of HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis and pre‐exposure prophylaxis implementation strategies: a systematic review

Journal of the International AIDS Society, Volume 28, Issue 11, November 2025.
Abstract Introduction Economic evaluations of HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and associated implementation strategies guide evidence‐based policies, programmes and resource allocation. Since 2015, there has been an evolution in PrEP modalities, implementation strategies and prioritization of key populations with unmet HIV prevention needs ...
Min Xi, Darrell H. S. Tan, Stefan D. Baral, Howsikan Kugathasan, Lisa Masucci, Becky Skidmore, Derek R. MacFadden, Kednapa Thavorn, Sharmistha Mishra   +8 more
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Voluntary medical male circumcision: translating research into the rapid expansion of services in Kenya, 2008-2011. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine, 2011
Since the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS recommended implementation of medical male circumcision (MC) as part of HIV prevention in areas with low MC and high HIV prevalence rates in 2007, the government of ...
Zebedee Mwandi, Anne Murphy, Jason Reed, Kipruto Chesang, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Kawango Agot, Emma Llewellyn, Charles Kirui, Kennedy Serrem, Isaac Abuya, Mores Loolpapit, Regina Mbayaki, Ndungu Kiriro, Peter Cherutich, Nicholas Muraguri, John Motoku, Jack Kioko, Nancy Knight, Naomi Bock   +18 more
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Outcomes of voluntary medical male circumcision performed by medical doctors and non-doctor health workers in central Uganda [PDF]

, 2021
Hope Kibansha Matumaini, Anthony Batte, Kennedy Otwombe, Emily Lebotsa, Sam Luboga   +4 more
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Resilience of Indigenous healthcare systems: Ethnobotanical approaches among the Baka, southeastern Cameroon

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 11, Page 2879-2894, November 2025.
Abstract Indigenous Peoples rely on biodiversity and traditional knowledge for health and well‐being, yet biological and cultural systems are threatened by ecological and social changes. Limited understanding exists on the factors that support the resilience of Indigenous Peoples' healthcare systems—the capacity of a healthcare system to adapt to ...
Sandrine Gallois, Miroslav Pulgar, Chiara Broccatelli, Stijn van Bemmel, Appolinaire Ambassa, Eric Ngansop, Tinde van Andel, José Luis Molina, Victoria Reyes‐García   +8 more
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