Male circumcision: HSV-2 and HPV

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 ...

Neonatal Genital HSV-1 After Jewish Circumcision

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...