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Getting circumcision science right in the media

The evidence that voluntary medical male circumcision reduces the risk of a heterosexual man contracting HIV in high prevalence areas is beyond reasonable doubt.

Published
09 July 2012
From
Quackdown!
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Facebook used to promote medical male circumcision

In bid to fight a group of ‘pseudo-scientists’ who deny that circumcision has nothing to do with control of HIV infection, a group of African scientists, nurses, doctors, counsellors, advocates and journalists have opened a Facebook page to help counter this.

Published
09 July 2012
From
Key Correspondents
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Why a U.S. Circumcision Push Failed in Swaziland

In the country with the highest HIV infection rate in the world, a U.S. effort to circumcise 80 percent of all men aged 15 to 49 in a year ended with roughly a quarter undergoing the procedure. What went wrong?

Published
06 July 2012
From
PBS Newshour
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Circumcision ruling condemned by Germany's Muslim and Jewish leaders - German court rules that procedure is bodily harm and contravenes right to choose religion in later life

Jewish and Muslim leaders were united on Wednesday in their condemnation of a German court's decision to in effect outlaw the circumcision of boys after a judge deemed that the religious practice amounted to bodily harm.

Published
05 July 2012
From
The Guardian
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Tanzania: 100,000 undergo ‘cut’ in anti-HIV drive

A government-supported public health campaign launched in 2009 to prevent the transmission of new HIV/Aids infections in Iringa, Njombe and Tabora reached its zenith last week after 100,000 males underwent circumcision.

Published
25 June 2012
From
The Citizen
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Zimbabwe's MPs to be circumcised in bid to fight HIV

At least 10 Zimbabwean MP have been circumcised as part of a campaign to reduce HIV and Aids cases. A small makeshift clinic for carrying out the procedures was erected in Parliament House in the capital Harare.

Published
23 June 2012
From
BBC
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UGANDA: Supply the main challenge in male circumcision

Uganda's campaign to encourage male circumcision - part of its effort to reduce HIV transmission - has attracted an enthusiastic response, but the bigger challenge is rallying resources so the health system can meet the demand for circumcision before it wanes.

Published
30 May 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
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Goosby Calls For 'Extraordinary Resources' To Be Put Into Male Circumcision To Prevent HIV Infection

Male circumcision is "a highly significant, lifetime intervention" to prevent HIV infection that deserves "extraordinary resources," U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby on Monday told a meeting of 400 army officials from 80 countries in Africa, Eastern Europe and central Asia, Agence France-Presse reports.

Published
08 May 2012
From
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
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Kenyan women calling for partners and sons to be circumcised

Kenyan women are calling on their male partners and sons to get circumcised to contribute towards HIV prevention. more →

Published
25 April 2012
From
Key Correspondents
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Being circumcised: ‘My experience’

“Click, click,” sounded the surgical equipment.  But first came the local anaesthetic injection. Honestly, this wasn’t fun. Actually, it was the painful part of the entire procedure.

Published
17 April 2012
From
New Vision
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