Male Circumcision and HIV in Africa
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Jennifer Vines This is the fi rst of 12 Correspondence pieces in this issue that are in response to an important PLoS Medicine Research Article: Auvert B, Taljaard D, Lagarde E, Sobngwi-Tambekou J, Sitta R, et al. (2005) Randomized, controlled intervention trial of male circumcision for reduction of HIV infection risk: The ANRS 1265 trial. PLoS Med 2(11): e298. Readers wishing to add their own views may do so using our E-letters facility, where the debate continues.
منابع مشابه
A circuncisão masculina e a transmissão heterossexual do HIV Male circumcision and HIV heterosexual transmission
Since the early years of the AIDS epidemic significant geographic differences in HIV prevalence were reported within neighboring countries and neighboring regions within the same country in sub-Saharan Africa. These differences could not be fully explained by factors such as sexual behavior and condom use. Mounting epidemiological data have demonstrated that male circumcision is a major protect...
متن کاملExposé of misleading claims that male circumcision will increase HIV infections in Africa
Despite over two decades of extensive research showing that male circumcision protects against heterosexual acquisition of HIV in men, and that includes findings from large randomized controlled trials leading to acceptance by the WHO/UNAIDS and the Cochrane Committee, opponents of circumcision continue to generate specious arguments to the contrary. In a recent issue of the Journal of Public H...
متن کاملMale circumcision: Africa and beyond?
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Male circumcision has become an important component of HIV prevention strategies in Africa. Results of recent trials have renewed interest in this ancient procedure and its potential application in the reduction of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). With renewed interest comes controversy, which has always been a close companion to circumcision. RECENT FINDINGS Followin...
متن کاملPrevention of HIV by male circumcision.
Three randomised controlled trials consistently show that medically performed male circumcision can reduce the acquisition of HIV infection in men by at least 50%.1 2 3 In east Africa and southern Africa—where rates of new HIV infections are high and circumcision rates are low— modelling studies estimate that circumcision could reduce the incidence of HIV in men by 50-60%.4 5 Clearly, the size ...
متن کاملKnowledge, attitudes and perceptions of pharmacy and nursing students towards male circumcision and HIV in a KwaZulu-Natal University, South Africa
How to cite this article: Naidoo PV, Dawood F, Driver C, Narainsamy M, Ndlovu S, Ndlovu V. Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of pharmacy and nursing students towards male circumcision and HIV in a KwaZulu-Natal University, South Africa. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2012;4(1), Art. #327, 7 pages. http:// dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm. v4i1.327 Background: Male circumcision is currently being pro...
متن کاملThe acceptability of male circumcision as an HIV intervention among a rural Zulu population, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa.
Epidemiological and biological studies provide compelling evidence for the protective effect of male circumcision against the acquisition of HIV. Three randomized controlled trials are currently underway to assess the impact of male circumcision as an HIV intervention in traditionally non-circumcising areas with high levels of heterosexually-transmitted infection. This study explores the accept...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- PLoS Medicine
دوره 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006