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Disposable device that enables circumcision without stitches safely detaches without need for removal by healthcare staff

A device that allows for circumcision without the need for stitches often detaches spontaneously if worn for over seven days, according to a study published in the

Published
17 April 2012
By
Michael Carter
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Kenya: Cash Incentives for Uncut Nyanza Youth

Boda boda operators in Nyanza province might be given cash incentives to persuade them to get circumcised, a national task force has said.

Published
07 April 2012
From
AllAfrica
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South Africa: Province Rolls Out 'Dodgy' Circumcision Klamp Despite Questions

HIV activists and senior doctors have called for an urgent investigation into the continued rollout of a controversial male circumcision device in KwaZulu-Natal.

Published
20 March 2012
From
AllAfrica
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Circumcision may help protect against prostate cancer

A new analysis led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that circumcision before a male's first sexual intercourse may help protect against prostate cancer. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that circumcision can hinder infection and inflammation that may lead to this malignancy.

Published
12 March 2012
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
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Circumcision reduces HIV incidence in Ugandan men and herpes prevalence in South Africans

The 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) heard this week that a tenfold increase in medical male circumcision (MMC) in non-Muslim men in the Rakai district

Published
10 March 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Bad science and bogus treatments
Uganda: Government and doctors insist circumcision reduces HIV spread

Local HIV/Aids researchers and the medical fraternity have dismissed the findings of a new research that questions the effectiveness of male circumcision in curtailing the spread of HIV virus. A cross section of medical practitioners interviewed yesterday said they would disregard the findings in latest issue of the Journal of Law and Medicine also published in Thomson Reuters Australia, saying the new research appears intended to frustrate efforts to combat HIV/Aids.

Published
08 March 2012
From
Daily Monitor
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Circumcision Tied to Drop in Herpes, Too

African men who underwent circumcision not only reduced their risk of contracting HIV infection, they also were significantly less likely to be infected with herpes simplex virus-2, researchers reported here.

Published
06 March 2012
From
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
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MALAWI: Government finally moves on male circumcision

The World Health Organization endorsed the procedure as an HIV-prevention measure in 2007, but implementation of a large-scale male circumcision programme in Malawi has been controversial in the conservative country. The campaign hopes to circumcise more than 250,000 men by 2015;

Published
10 February 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
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Namibian Health Insurance Board Approves Male Circumcision Fee

The decision allows private providers to be reimbursed at a fixed rate for performing male circumcisions for HIV prevention using the clinical guidelines set by the World Health Organization and the Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services. Namibia is the first country in southern Africa to take this step toward health insurance coverage of adult male circumcision as an HIV-prevention service.

Published
06 February 2012
From
Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS)
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AIDS Prevention Inspires Ways to Make Circumcisions Easier

The day of the assembly-line circumcision is drawing closer. Public health experts are struggling to find ways to make the process faster, cheaper and safer.

Published
01 February 2012
From
New York Times
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