Bias and Male Circumcision

Male Circumcision

In Zambia, circumcision is traditionally practiced on a large scale only in North-Western Province, an area with one of the lowest HIV rates in Zambia. Few ethnic groups in Zambia conduct male circumcision as a part of religious and cultural practices. The Luvale and Lunda of Northwestern Province practice traditional universal male circumcision, though there are small groups who also practice ...

Male circumcision and HIV

Background There is an urgent need to intensify and expand HIV prevention strategies, with an estimated 33.4 million people living with HIV in 2008 and an estimated 2.7 million newly infected. New infections continue to outstrip advances made in numbers treated – for every 2 people put on antiretroviral therapy, another 5 become infected. Current strategies to reduce sexual transmission of HIV ...

Male CirCuMCision and HiV PreVention

Male Circumcision: Evidence and Implications

An association between HIV and the absence of male circumcision has been noted since the late 1980s, but skeptics argued that it was entangled with behavior, religion, culture and geography. Now three randomized prospective intervention trials are underway and one has already generated additional strong evidence on whether circumcision protects men from HIV infection. One trial is also investig...

Male circumcision and HIV prevention

R esearchers have been exploring the possibility of a correlation between male circumcision and lowered risk of HIV infection almost since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Results from a randomised controlled trial in South Africa in 2005 indicate that male circumcision protects men against the acquisition of HIV through heterosexual intercourse, confirming the findings from 20 years of ...