ArticleCurrent infectious disease reports2008
Update on male circumcision: prevention success and challenges ahead.
Article in Current infectious disease reports, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Male infant circumcision and associated factors in Konso Zone Southern Ethiopia: community based survey.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- A review of public health, social and ethical implications of voluntary medical male circumcision programs for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa.International journal of impotence research · 2023Review
- Factors Influencing Participation of Adults in Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision in Lindi Region, Tanzania.The East African health research journal · 2023Article
- "Please Don't Send Us Spam!" A Participative, Theory-Based Methodology for Developing an mHealth Intervention.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2016Article
- HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among Mozambicans working in South African mines.AIDS and behavior · 2015Article
- Vasectomy as a proxy: extrapolating health system lessons to male circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy in Papua New Guinea.BMC health services research · 2012Article
- Safety of over twelve hundred infant male circumcisions using the Mogen clamp in Kenya.PloS one · 2012Article
- High dead-space syringes and the risk of HIV and HCV infection among injecting drug users.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2009Article
- Adherence to biomedical HIV prevention methods: considerations drawn from HIV treatment adherence research.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2008Review
- Gender and AIDS: time to act.AIDS (London, England) · 2008Article
- Nanotechnology and the future of condoms in the prevention of sexually transmitted infections.Annals of African medicineReview
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Abstract
This article reviews the findings of three trials of male circumcision for HIV prevention, with emphasis on the public health impact, cultural and safety concerns, implications for women, and the challenges of roll out. Three randomized trials in Africa demonstrated that adult male circumcision reduces HIV acquisition by 50% to 60%. As circumcision provides only partial protection, higher risk behaviors could nullify circumcision's effect. Additionally, circumcision among HIV-infected men does not directly reduce male-to-female HIV transmission among discordant couples, according to the results of a recent Ugandan study. The roll-out or full-scale implementation requires committed expansion into existing HIV prevention programs. Efforts should include attention to safety, implications for women, and risk compensation. Rapid, careful establishment of circumcision services is essential to optimize HIV prevention in countries with the highest prevalence.
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