male circumcision
Modelling the public health impact of male circumcision for HIV prevention in high prevalence areas in Africa
... of male circumcision introduced on a large scale, and whether it would be sufficiently effective and cost-effective to justify its introduction as a wide- spread preventive ...
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Introduction of male circumcision for HIV prevention in Uganda: analysis of the policy process
... Two study limitations are highlighted under data collec- tion and analysis sub-section. They relate to inability to conduct in-person interviews with some of the actors and the lack of review of the actual minutes of the ...
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Ethnography and Ethno music of Babukusu Traditional Male Circumcision; Messaging, Symbolism and Rationale
... (16) male and 16 female parents of the circumcised boys were ...with male and female Babukusu adults to obtain background information on variation in circumcision practices and beliefs and attitudes ...
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The ethical concerns of using medical male circumcision in HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa
... medical male circumcision has been proven to reduce HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, it should be noted that organisations promoting such interventions tend to report less on the ethical implications of ...
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What is influencing male participation in medical male circumcision as preventive intervention for HIV transmission in Windhoek, Namibia
... medical male circumcision in non circumcised communities, nearly all participants have reported willing to take their sons for medical male circumcision if the procedure is to be performed at ...
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The Relevance of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Modern Times: Evidence from Babukusu Male Circumcision
... Abstract Male circumcision is a common practice in many ...controversy, circumcision has been widely practiced in modern times and in most parts of Africa, Asia, Europe and America (Columbia ...
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Implications of male circumcision for women in Papua New Guinea: a transformational grounded theory study
... of male circumcision were presented to 64 female co-researchers who co-analyzed chunks of data during seven interpretive focus ...of male circumcision through guided oral dis- cussions and ...
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Acceptability and feasibility of early infant male circumcision for HIV prevention in Malawi
... perform male circumcision but HIV prevalence is high in those ...between male circumcision status and HIV prevalence in some Malawian communities alluded to ...
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Prevalence of complications of male circumcision in Anglophone Africa: a systematic review
... of male circumcision in sub- Saharan Africa and abstracts from the International Con- ference on AIDS (2004 and ...whom male circumci- sion had been conducted and complications ...
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Factors Associated With Uptake of Infant Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in Western Kenya
... into male circumcision for HIV prevention; FHI360 reviewed and commented on the manuscript; the other authors have indicated they have no fi nancial relationships relevant to this article to ...
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Relationship Between Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision and HIV Reduction: A Critical Review
... on Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention: Policy and Programme Implications concluded that male circumcision reduces sexual transmission of HIV both from infected male to female and ...
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Female genital mutilation and male circumcision: toward an autonomy-based ethical framework
... Abstract: The non-therapeutic alteration of children’s genitals is typically discussed in two separate ethical discourses: one for girls, in which such alteration is conventionally referred to as “female genital ...
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Cultural Bias in the AAP’s 2012 Technical Report and Policy Statement on Male Circumcision
... newborn male infants undergo the procedure in the United ...on male cir- cumcision, 2,3 the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has changed from a neutral to a more positive attitude toward ...
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Scaling-up voluntary medical male circumcision – what have we learned?
... medical male circumcision (VMMC) as an add-on strategy for HIV ...achieving circumcision targets, while weak supply chain management systems and the lack of adequate financial resources with a heavy ...
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Efficient and equitable HIV prevention: A case study of male circumcision in South Africa
... a male circumcision intervention for the pre- vention of HIV in South Africa, the incorporation of geographical equity into the resource allocation did not substantially diminish the maximal efficiency of ...
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The implications of male circumcision practices for women in Papua New Guinea, including for HIV prevention
... Expressions of consent in PNG, as in many places in the Pacific, are often more meaningfully expressed in ways other than written consent—especially for women who have low levels of literacy. A lot of time was devoted to ...
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Male circumcision, religion, and infectious diseases: an ecologic analysis of 118 developing countries
... and male circumcision ...[20]. Male circumcision has been more common among populations with lower rates of HIV, cervical cancer, and other STIs [3,10-13], and shown in one randomized trial to ...
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Male Circumcision Significantly Reduces Prevalence and Load of Genital Anaerobic Bacteria
... ABSTRACT Male circumcision reduces female-to-male HIV ...randomized circumcision trial in Rakai, ...1, circumcision decreased the total bacterial load and reduced microbiota ...of ...
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The Cultural Significance and Relevance of the Shangani Rite of Male Circumcision in Light Of HIV and AIDS Mitigation in Zimbabwe
... of male circumcision in light of HIV and AIDS mitigation in Zimbabwe with the hope of using the information to promote African cultural practices that foster human ...that circumcision is significant ...
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Beliefs among Swazi men on male circumcision and hivmitigation
... of male circumcision in relation to the control of ...that male circumcision eliminated the possibility of contracting HIV, and believed that they did not need to use a condom after the ...
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