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Abstract: A study by CDC researchers on rates of adverse events related to infant male circumcision in the United States has stirred debate on the Internet about the cultural and health values of the procedure. Presented last month at the 18th International AIDS Conference, the retrospective study used hospital discharge data fr ...
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Abstract: AIDS advocates are championing the use of male circumcision, and particularly a process that allows one doctor to perform 40 procedures per day, to cut the rate of HIV among Zimbabwean men. Population Services International (PSI) officials are working with the Zimbabwean government to circumcise at least 1.2 million me ...
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Abstract: VIENNA, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby and the World Health Organization s Director of HIV, TB, and Malaria, Africa Regional Office, Dr. David Okello, joined PSI (Population Services International) today in calling for greater efforts to rapidly and efficientl ...
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Abstract: RECENTLY, the media reported that the Government is set to launch a national policy on safe male circumcision to encourage men and boys to seek circumcision from health facilities. Reports show that the policy emphasises that safe male circumcision is an alternative HIV control measure. This is a very important strateg ...
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Abstract: RAKAI, 29 June 2010 (PlusNews) - The Ugandan government will begin a nationwide male circumcision programme in July as part of its HIV prevention strategy, a senior government official has said. We now have a national vision on how to move forward, and a government policy and communication strategy will be launched in ...
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Abstract: MANZINI, Swaziland , Jun 19 (IPS) - A proud mother, Nonhlanhla Mabuza cuddles her one-day-old baby boy, at the circumcision clinic of Raleigh Fitkin Memorial (RFM) Hospital. A day after delivering her second son, Thabiso Dlamini, the 20-year-old mother is not only beaming because she has just successfully delivered her ...
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Abstract: Medical male circumcision now forms part of government s policy to reduce new HIV infections. By 2011, medical male circumcision must be practiced all over South Africa , Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi announced recently when he detailed new protocols for TB and AIDS treatment which came into effect on April 1. ...
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Abstract: NAIROBI, 2 March 2010 (PlusNews) - Medical male circumcision is now widely recognized as an important HIV prevention tool, and several African countries have included it in their national HIV strategies. IRIN/PlusNews lists the progress of 13 nations in eastern and southern Africa identified as priority countries for m ...
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Abstract: To help prevent HIV infections in Rwanda , it would be more cost-effective to circumcise infant males rather than adult or adolescent males, a new study suggests. Adult HIV prevalence is 3 percent in Rwanda, and researchers with the nation s AIDS control program studied the issue of male circumcision (MC) to inform pol ...
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Abstract: LONDON (Reuters) - Circumcising newborn boys to stop them becoming infected with the AIDS virus in later life is more cost-effective than circumcising adult men, Rwandan health experts said on Tuesday. A study by Agnes Binagwaho and colleagues at Rwanda s health ministry found that the operation, which has been shown t ...
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Abstract: Cultural structures and systems can facilitate or inhibit the success of HIV programs such as voluntary male circumcision, PMTCT and social protection. Thus science and culture must work in tandem to enable adoption of innovations. To promote voluntary male circumcision, the government programme has recognized the impo ...
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Abstract: KISUMU, 6 January 2010 (PlusNews) - James Nango discovered he had syphilis when he visited a clinic in his home town of Kisumu, in western Kenya s Nyanza Province, in 2009, hoping to be circumcised as a way of reducing his HIV risk. I used to have an itch on the tip of my penis but I did not know what it was... I thoug ...
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Abstract: NAIROBI, 24 December 2009 (PlusNews) - An ambitious, door-to-door voluntary testing and counselling exercise launched in November resulted in more than 1.5 million Kenyans being tested for HIV, according to a senior government official. Our preliminary data show that during the three weeks that we conducted the door-to ...
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Abstract: Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is supporting Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini s call to bring back the ancient Zulu practice of circumcision. Motsoaledi s spokesman, Fidel Hadebe, said yesterday that the minister supported Zwelithini s view that male circumcision, believed to reduce the likelihood of HIV infection, shou ...
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Abstract: The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has welcomed King Goodwill Zwelithini s announcement this weekend that he supports medical male circumcision and will encourage his followers to undergo the procedure which could prevent up to 60% of men acquiring HIV. Zwelithini revealed at the controversial bull kil ...
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Abstract: JOHANNESBURG, 3 December 2009 (PlusNews) - Countries all over Africa are at various stages of developing and implementing policies to roll out mass male circumcision to prevent HIV, but until recently South Africa has done little more than talk about a strategy of its own. Results from three randomized clinical trials ...
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Abstract: South Africa has moved swiftly to develop a male circumcision plan that would have buy-in from all stakeholders and will go beyond being a purely medical intervention, ideally also engaging men on among others HIV prevention, gender issues and alcohol abuse. Men have traditionally been disinclined to access health se ...
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Abstract: MBABANE, 5 October 2009 (PlusNews) - Swaziland s Ministry of Health and Human Services aims to provide circumcision to 80 percent of men aged 15 to 24 in the next five years, in response to the surging number of men requesting the procedure to reduce their risk of HIV. Circumcision was widely practiced during the 19th ...
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Abstract: THE World Health Organisation has accredited the Rakai Health Sciences Programme Centre as a training area for male medical circumcision. The centre has been at the core of global HIV/AIDS research efforts for 20 years. It is considered one of the best in the eastern, central and southern African region. A total of 90 ...
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Abstract: Male circumcision among heterosexual men in high HIV prevalence and low male circumcision settings is beneficial and cost effective, says a new article in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The report is based upon the findings of a series of meetings, convened by UNAIDS , the World ...
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Abstract: Asking men to unzip and bare their genitalia is not Dr Ahmed Matovu s hobby, but he does it now nearly everyday. He is a team member in the new drive to contain the HIV/AIDS prevalence through medical male circumcision. Matovu has become a celebrity in Kayunga district. This is because of his sharp knife that he uses t ...
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Abstract: HARARE, 24 July 2009 (PlusNews) - Providing male circumcision as an HIV prevention measure in Zimbabwe s state hospitals is off to a very slow start, and experts cite the country s crippled health sector as the main reason for the delay. Although about 140 circumcisions were successfully performed at four hospitals as ...
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Abstract: CAPE TOWN - Nervous giggles filled a meeting room at the 5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2009) yesterday when discussions turned to the sexual satisfaction of the female partners of circumcised men and the cosmetic outcome of the circumcision. How did you mea ...
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Abstract: A mixed method approach to analyzing assessment data proved helpful in visually displaying and analyzing the assessment data. At the national level, these results supported the position to lobby for nurses to perform MCs. Locally, NRHS responded to the observed gaps in capacity and geographic coverage of MC services by ...
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Abstract: HIV-1 serodiscordant couples in Kampala were highly knowledgeable about the benefits and limitations of MC in reducing men's HIV-1 susceptibility. Nearly 50% of at-risk men were interested in becoming circumcised, a feeling echoed by the majority of their female partners. Our findings are encouraging news for Uganda an ...
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Abstract: We believe that rolling out circumcision services in the DR is feasible. An education program aimed at sexually active young males and mothers is essential to increase the acceptance of the procedure in the population. ...
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Abstract: The overwhelming majority of women (97.1%) report either no change or improved sexual satisfaction after their male partner was circumcised. These findings suggest that male circumcision has no deleterious effect on female sexual satisfaction. ...
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Abstract: Using mathematical modelling to refine and validate a user-friendly tool that can be deployed locally allows decision-makers to indirectly access main modelling findings to estimate HIV incidence, AIDS deaths, overall costs, and net cost per infection averted as a function of procedures performed, service delivery mode ...
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Abstract: Using Health Facility Assessment Data to Strategically Roll-Out Male Circumcision in Nyanza Province, Kenya: A Mixed Method Approach Background and Methods In November, 2008, the Government of Kenya (GoK) introduced male circumcision (MC) services as part of a comprehensive, national HIV prevention ...
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Abstract: Sexual satisfaction of women partners of circumcised men in a randomized trial of male circumcision in Rakai, Uganda. G Kigozi, I Lukabwe, J Kagaayi, M J. Wawer, B Nantume, G Kigozi Nalwoga, F Nalugoda, N Kiwanuka, F Wabwire-Mangen, D Serwadda, R Ridzon, D Buwembo, D Nabukenya, S Watya, T Lutalo, J ...
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