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GS‐9620 alleviates psoriasis‐like inflammation by regulating autophagy in keratinocytes

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, Volume 9, Issue 7, Page 1364-1372, July 2026.
Psoriasis is an immune‐mediated inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by excessive proliferation and abnormal differentiation of keratinocytes. GS‐9620 can increase the expression of ATG5, ATG7 and ATG16L1, thereby regulating the autophagy of keratinocytes and inhibiting the secretion of related inflammatory factors.
Yansi Lyu, Wei Zhou, Pei Zhang, Chen Lin, Xin Wen, Zigang Zhao, Guoqiang Zhang, Qian Zhang, Si Chen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Voluntary medical male circumcision: a cross-sectional study comparing circumcision self-report and physical examination findings in Lesotho. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: Overwhelming evidence, including three clinical trials, shows that male circumcision (MC) reduces the risk of HIV infection among men. However, data from recent Lesotho Demographic and Health Surveys do not demonstrate MC to be protective ...
Anne Goldzier Thomas, Bonnie Robin Tran, Marcus Cranston, Malerato Cecilia Brown, Rajiv Kumar, Matsotetsi Tlelai   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Future of the HIV Response: Sustaining Progress in an era of Political Uncertainty and Scientific Opportunity

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, Volume 96, Issue 1, July 2026.
ABSTRACT The global HIV response is at a pivotal juncture. The field is experiencing a paradox: rapid scientific innovation alongside increasing fragility in financing, political commitment, and implementation systems. Significant progress has been made in expanding access to HIV treatment and prevention, but major gaps in coverage and equity existed ...
Mitchell Warren
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Application and Adaptation of Motivational Interviewing for Health Behaviours in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, Volume 26, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Motivational interviewing (MI) is a client‐based approach used for strengthening a person's own motivation for change. The use of MI to address health behaviours has begun to gain attention in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Adapting MI to relevant sociocultural settings could improve its accessibility and effectiveness for addressing ...
Abdulkareem Olaoluwa Abiola, Mamman Ali Masta, Henrietta O. Fawole, Tolu Atama, Maina Tar Alhaji Bulama, Chiedozie James Alumona, Francis O. Kolawole, Olayinka Akinrolie   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public Health Achievements in Rwanda: A 21st Century Transformation

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
This narrative review examines Rwanda's post‐2000 public health transformation using the WHO health system building blocks. It shows how strategic governance, universal health coverage via mutuelle de santé, community health workers, and digital health tools have driven substantial gains in maternal/child health, infectious disease control, and ...
Niyibizi Julius, Mugisha John, Nizeyimana Emmanuel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trial outcomes: Linkage to ART and voluntary male medical circumcision.

, 2018
Trial outcomes: Linkage to ART and voluntary male medical circumcision.
Katherine Fielding (168885), Aurelia Lepine (4270006), Augustine T. Choko (308146), Sophie Candfield (5963777), Hendramoothy Maheswaran (5963780), Elizabeth Lucy Corbett (5963783)   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Why Are We Cutting? A Survey of Cultural Views on Circumcision in the Texas Panhandle

Global Pediatric Health, 2017
To determine the factors that may contribute to parents’ decision to circumcise their son in the Texas Panhandle region, voluntary surveys were distributed to all mothers with term male newborns during the mandatory discharge planning class.
Jerrod Spense MD, Janet Meller MD, James Abbey MD, Kayla Foster MD, Cynthia Sirri MD, Mubariz Naqvi MD   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source