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Voluntary medical male circumcision versus religio-cultural circumcision and initiation rites: The case of Varemba of Mwenezi district in response to the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in Zimbabwe

Theologia Viatorum, 2019
Male circumcision has long been associated with religious or cultural rituals which bestow culturally valuable status. In some communities, circumcision is believed to provide concomitant access to economic and spiritual resources such as land and the ...
Onias Matumbu, Vengesai Chimininge
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“If you are circumcised, you are the best”: understandings and perceptions of voluntary medical male circumcision among men from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [PDF]

, 2015
While the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is increasing, South Africa has only attained 20% of its target to circumcise 80% of adult men by 2015.
Barnabas, Ruane, Celum, Connie, Humphries, Hilton, Knight, Lucia, van Rooyen, Heidi   +4 more
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Scaling-up voluntary medical male circumcision – what have we learned?

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care, 2014
In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the joint United Nations agency program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) recommended voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) as an add-on strategy for HIV prevention. Fourteen priority countries were tasked with scaling-up VMMC services to 80% of HIV-negative men aged 15-49 years by 2016, representing a combined ...
Ledikwe JH, Nyanga RO, Hagon J, Grignon JS, Mpofu M, Semo BW   +5 more
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Progress in voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention supported by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through 2017: longitudinal and recent cross-sectional programme data

BMJ Open, 2018
Objective This article provides an overview and interpretation of the performance of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief’s (PEPFAR’s) male circumcision programme which has supported the majority of voluntary medical male circumcisions ...
Carlos Toledo, Melissa Habel, Stephanie M Davis, Jonas Z Hines, Jonathan M Grund, Renee Ridzon, Brittney Baack, Jonathan Davitte, Anne Thomas, Valerian Kiggundu, Naomi Bock, Paran Pordell, Caroline Cooney, Irum Zaidi   +13 more
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Females’ Peer Influence and Support for Adolescent Males Receiving Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Services [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2018
في حين تمت دراسة مشاركة الإناث في ختان الذكور الطبي الطوعي (VMMC) بين البالغين، لا يُعرف سوى القليل عن تأثير المراهقات على نظرائهن الذكور. استكشفت هذه الدراسة مشاركة المراهقات في صنع القرار في VMMC وعملية التئام الجروح بعد الجراحة في جنوب إفريقيا وتنزانيا وزيمبابوي.
Michelle R. Kaufman, Kim H Dam, Kriti Sharma, Lynn M. Van Lith, Karin Hatzold, Arik V. Marcell, Webster Mavhu, Catherine Kahabuka, Lusanda Mahlasela, Eshan U. Patel, Emmanuel Njeuhmeli, Kim Seifert Ahanda, Getrude Ncube, Gissenge Lija, Collen Bonnecwe, Aaron A.R. Tobian   +15 more
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Voluntary male medical circumcision - Dan Ncayiyana responds

South African Medical Journal, 2012
This response forms part of a debate related to the editorial by Professor Ncayiyana concerning the national circumcision programme in South Africa (S Afr Med J 2011;101:775-777). Other articles in this debate: Kessinger and Millard. S Afr Med J 2012;102(3):123-124. Venter et al. S Afr Med J 2012;102(3):124-125.
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A cross-sectional study of the factors associated with male circumcision status among college youth in Ndola, Zambia, 2016

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, 2019
Background: New cases of HIV are increasing among young adults in Zambia; yet voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) coverage as an HIV prevention measure remains low.
Ernest Kateule, Ramya Kumar, David Mwakazanga, Modest Mulenga, Victor Daka, Gershom Chongwe   +5 more
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Integrating Female Condoms into HIV Prevention Programs: A Case Study of Barriers, Facilitators, and Future Opportunities in Kenya [PDF]

, 2014
Female condoms are an important option for dual protection from unintended pregnancy and HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, especially when male condoms cannot be used.

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Voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in fishing communities in Uganda: the influence of local beliefs and practice. [PDF]

, 2016
Local beliefs and practices about voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) may influence uptake and effectiveness. Data were gathered through interviews with 40 people from four ethnically mixed fishing communities in Uganda.
Kamali, Anatoli, Kuteesa, Monica, Levin, Jonathan, Mbonye, Martin, Seeley, Janet, Weiss, Helen   +5 more
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What Lies Between Them? Exploring Relational Dynamics Among Hetero‐Gay Co‐Parents

Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study seeks to enhance knowledge of the relationships between elective co‐parents in hetero‐gay families. Background Elective co‐parenting is an alternative family form that encompasses parents who are not intimate partners but decide to collaborate for the purpose of having children and raising them together.
Lior Bar, Ahuva Even‐Zohar
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