Voluntary medical male circumcision among adolescents [PDF]
AIDS, 2017 Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is one of the first opportunities for adolescent males in African countries to interact with the healthcare system. This study explored the approaches used during adolescent VMMC counseling and whether these strategies maximize broader HIV prevention opportunities.Qualitative interviews were conducted with 92 ...
Kaufman, Michelle R. +15 more
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Effects of HIV voluntary medical male circumcision programs on sexually transmitted infections. [PDF]
Curr Opin Infect Dis, 2021 Purpose of review Evidence of the protective effect of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) against HIV is well established. However, evidence of the protective effect of VMMC against other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has been inconsistent or scarce across different populations and settings.
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The art of HIV elimination: past and present science [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction: Remarkable strides have been made in controlling the HIV epidemic, although not enough to achieve epidemic control. More recently, interest in biomedical HIV control approaches has increased, but substantial challenges with the HIV cascade ...
de Oliveira, T. +7 more
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The Perceptions on Male Circumcision as a Preventive Measure Against HIV Infection and Considerations in Scaling up of the Services: A Qualitative Study Among Police Officers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2012 \ud In recent randomized controlled trials, male circumcision has been proven to complement the available biomedical interventions in decreasing HIV transmission from infected women to uninfected men.
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PrEP as a feature in the optimal landscape of combination HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
, 2016 INTRODUCTION: The new WHO guidelines recommend offering pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to people who are at substantial risk of HIV infection. However, where PrEP should be prioritised, and for which population groups, remains an open question.
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Achieving the HIV prevention impact of voluntary medical male circumcision: lessons and challenges for managing programs. [PDF]
PLoS Medicine, 2014 Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is capable of reducing the risk of sexual transmission of HIV from females to males by approximately 60%. In 2007, the WHO and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) recommended making VMMC part
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Christians’ Cut: Popular Religion and the Global Health Campaign for Medical Male Circumcision in Swaziland [PDF]
, 2017 Swaziland faces one of the worst HIV epidemics in the world and is a site for the current global health campaign in sub-Saharan Africa to medically circumcise the majority of the male population.
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Voluntary medical male circumcision: logistics, commodities, and waste management requirements for scale-up of services. [PDF]
PLoS Medicine, 2011 BACKGROUND: The global HIV prevention community is implementing voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs across eastern and southern Africa, with a goal of reaching 80% coverage in adult males by 2015.
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Introduction Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention began in Nyanza Region, Kenya in 2008. By 2014, approximately 800,000 VMMCs had been conducted, and 84.9% were among males aged 15–24 years.
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Asian Journal of Andrology, 2019 To assess safety of the no-flip ShangRing male circumcision technique and to determine clinical course and safety of spontaneous detachment (i.e., allowing the device to fall off), we conducted a case series of no-flip ShangRing circumcision combined ...
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