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Article: Male circumcision: implications for women as sexual partners and parents.(ROUNDTABLE)
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- Reproductive Health Matters
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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TWENTY years of observational data demonstrating an association between male circumcision and lower HIV prevalence followed the first publications in 1986 suggesting a possible role for male circumcision in HIV prevention. (1,2) However, randomised, controlled trials were necessary to determine the level of the protective effect, ascertain adverse surgical events rates and document sexual behaviour post-surgery.
The now-published trials opened a space for public debate among stakeholders, even before all the results were known, in countries such as Lesotho, Kenya, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zambia. WHO and UNAIDS also organised a regional consultation in ...