As gaps in insurance coverage lead to fewer male babies being circumcised in the United States, related health costs could end up increasing by millions of dollars every year, a new study suggests.
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- 21 August 2012
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Reuters
PrePex, a bloodless circumcision device for adults, will be tested in at least nine African countries in the next year. PEPFAR will pay for PrePex circumcisions for about 2,500 men in Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will pay for similar studies in Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
See http://www.aidsmap.com/Non-surgical-device-provides-safe-and-effective-circumcision-without-need-for-anaesthetic-or-stitches/page/2085599/
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- 15 August 2012
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New York Times
Health facilities across Uganda have run out of supplies for Safe Male Circumcision kits, an HIV expert has said.
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- 15 August 2012
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New Vision, Uganda
Departments of health in Australia have based their policy on male circumcision on reviews of the scientific literature carried out periodically by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP). But the lack of a strong basis on evidence means the government should reconsider this reliance.
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- 27 July 2012
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The Conversation
Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programmes are
expanding in several African countries and in a couple of locations have almost
reached saturation point, with most of the
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- 24 July 2012
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- Gus Cairns
President Yoweri Museveni has said it is not enough to promote circumcision as an effective strategy in fighting HIV/AIDS, without continued emphasis on behaviour change.
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- 23 July 2012
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The Observer (Uganda)
The U.S. will launch a series of HIV prevention strategies to test whether an AIDS-free generation is really possible. Will this be a breakthrough moment?
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- 17 July 2012
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PBS NewsHour
Male circumcision is a high-impact and cost-effective method of curbing the spread of HIV infection, Karanja Kinyanjui says. "It is time for a massive scale up of these programmes."
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- 13 July 2012
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AllAfrica
European Jewish and Muslim groups join forces to defend circumcision of young boys after a German court ruled it amounted to bodily harm.
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- 12 July 2012
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BBC Health
A court in Cologne, Germany, recently ruled that parents could not have boys circumcised unless there is an urgent medical need. Should other jurisdictions follow this example, with laws to delay the procedure until boys can decide for themselves and give informed consent? Or would that infringe on Muslims, Jews and others who consider infant or childhood circumcision important?
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- 11 July 2012
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- New York Times
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