Male Circumcision Could Reduce HIV Infection Rates in AfricaMargaret
Decreased risk of HIV.In the last few decades, research conducted in Africa has found that circumcision on people with penises in populations like the ones studied lowers their risk of being infected withhuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV.)In these specific populations, male circumcision may decrease ...
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And now another factor enters the conversation. If you agree that circumcision makes sense in Sub Saharan Africa, when should it be performed? It's a painful procedure for adults and infants. In infants, the risk of complications is lower than in adults, but there is some evidence to sugges...
The HIV epidemic remains a major health challenge all over the world. In 2013, an estimated 35million people were living with HIV globally. Male circumcision is increasingly being adopted as a method of HIV prevention. WHO and UNAIDS have advised that ma
Male and female circumcision in Africa from a regional to a specific Nigerian examination. Soc Sci Med. 1997;44:1181-1193.Caldwell JC, Orubuloye IO & Caldwell P (1997) Male and female circumcision in Africa from a regional to a specific Nigerian...
The natural history of cervical HPV infection is well characterized; however, little is known about genital HPV infection in men. A recent randomized controlled trial (RCT) of male circumcision (MC) in Uganda (Africa) showed that MC reduced the incidence of high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) infections ...
Medical male circumcision is now part of a comprehensive approach to HIV prevention. It has been shown that awareness of the protective effect of male circumcision leads to high acceptability towards the introduction of medical male circumcision services
Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces heterosexual HIV acquisition; therefore, the WHO has issued recommendations to implement VMMC throughout East and Southern Africa Most adult VMMCs have been performed using surgical methods such as the forceps-guided, dorsal slit and sleeve resection me...