Voluntary male medical circumcision.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Penile measurements in Tanzanian males: guiding circumcision device design and supply forecasting.
PURPOSE Voluntary medical male circumcision decreases the risk in males of HIV infection through heterosexual intercourse by about 60% in clinical trials and 73% at post-trial followup. In 2007 WHO and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) recommended that countries with a low circumcision rate and high HIV prevalence expand voluntary medical male circumcision programs as part...
متن کاملPotential Solutions to Common Quality Gaps in Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Programs
This document comprises recommendations from the Unites States Agency for International Development (USAID) Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems (ASSIST) Project for addressing challenges that are commonly experienced during the implementation of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programs. The quality gaps described and the associated recommendations are based on the expe...
متن کاملSocial representations of male circumcision as prophylaxis against HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND The World Health Organisation recommended the scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) as an additional HIV prevention method in 2007 and several countries with high HIV prevalence rates including Zimbabwe have since adopted the procedure. Since then researchers have been preoccupied with establishing the level of knowledge and acceptability of circumcision in communiti...
متن کاملA prospective cohort study of safety and patient satisfaction of voluntary medical male circumcision in Botswana
Randomized trials have shown that voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) significantly reduces the risk of HIV acquisition in men. However, the rate of complications associated with the surgical procedure varies from 0.7% to 37.4% in real-world settings. We assessed the frequency, type and severity of adverse events following VMMC among 427 adult men surgically circumcised in southeastern B...
متن کاملInnovative Methods of Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention—Getting the Right Evidence
World Health Organization recommends that countries with hyperendemic and generalized HIV epidemics implement voluntary medical male circumcision programs for HIV prevention. Innovative methods of male circumcision including devices have the potential to simplify the procedure, reduce time and cost, increase client acceptability, enhance safety, and expand the numbers of providers who may perfo...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
دوره 102 3 Pt 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012