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CIRCUMCISION IN INDIA: TAKING THE ROAD LESS TRAVEL ...

There is an immediate need to focus on circumcision as an important public health intervention at least coupled with the other preventive strategies like condom use, delayed sex onset, lesser number of partners, STDs management, HIV t ... read more

ROLL-OUT OF ADULT CIRCUMCISION SERVICES IN SOUTH A ...

As recently as 10 years ago, the Republic of South Africa had a president who denied the causal link between HIV and AIDS, and a health minister who promoted herbal remedies in preference to ARVs.As Lissouba and colleagues point out, times change.Goo ... read more

NEW ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION IMPACT OF CIRCUMCI ...

  ‘Communities, and especially women, may benefit much more from circumcision interventions than had previously been predicted, and these results provide an even greater imperative to increase scale-up of safe male circumcision services.& ... read more

CIRCUMCISED HIV-INFECTED MEN AND HPV TRANSMISSION

‘Male circumcision is important for reduction of not only HIV infection but also HPV infection in HIV-negative men and their female partners. However, its efficacy in reducing HPV transmission seems restricted to HIV-negative men; thus, the res ... read more

RISK COMPENSATION AMONG CIRCUMCISED MEN IN KENYA

‘The results of this study illustrate that MC does not necessarily lead to risk compensation, and that there are different behavior change outcomes.’  RISK COMPENSATION AMONG CIRCUMCISED MEN IN KENYA  Best viewed at http://www ... read more

SIMPLIFIED ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY MODELS

SIMPLIFIED ART DELIVERY MODELS ARE NEEDED FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF SCALE UP Also at http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001060   Nathan Ford and Edward Mills discuss broader issues in HIV care delivery raised ... read more

MALE CIRCUMCISION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Male circumcision continues to move into traditionally non-circumcising societies. Notably, the king of Swaziland has publicly endorsed MC. President Jacob Zuma declares that he has been circumcised. Kenya has had almost 300,000 circumcisions, m ... read more

SLOW PROGRESS IN CIRCUMCISING MEN TO FIGHT AIDS IN ...

  SLOW PROGRESS IN CIRCUMCISING MEN TO FIGHT AIDS IN AFRICA New York Times, 26 September 2011 Circumcision, which cuts men’s risk of infection by 60 percent or more, has been urged by health authorities since 2007. Their goal is to ... read more