Article: Male circumcision and HIV: studies produce mixed findings.(Infectious Diseases)(human immunodeficiency virus)

Article: "Just a snip"?: a social history of male circumcision.(ROUNDTABLE)
Reproductive Health Matters;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......years have seen growing advocacy for male circumcision as a means of HIV prevention, commencing...HIV-related public health interventions, male circumcision must be promoted in a culturally...examine here. All over the world male circumcision has its roots deep in the structure...

Article: WHO, UNAIDS ANNOUNCE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM EXPERT CONSULTATION ON MALE CIRCUMCISION FOR HIV PREVENTION
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ......consultation to determine whether male circumcision should be recommended for the prevention...the consultation recommended that male circumcision now be recognized as an additional...heterosexual HIV infection and low rates of male circumcision now have an additional intervention...

Article: Delivery of male circumcision services: "Festina lente" .(ROUNDTABLE)(Clinical report)
Reproductive Health Matters;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......clinical trials on the effects of male circumcision on HIV acquisition in men...this large effect that makes male circumcision very appealing as an intervention for HIV prevention. Male circumcision is a one-time intervention...

Article: Mixed findings on male circumcision and HIV.(Infectious Diseases)
Family Practice News;  April 15, 2008 ;     598 words ...BOSTON -- Male circumcision does not reduce...can really work, male circumcision has previously...including 94 in the male circumcision arm and 71 in...the efficacy of male circumcision in the prevention...and rates of bacterial vaginosis were 40.3% and ...

Article: Male circumcision for HIV prevention: what about protecting men's partners?(AIDS CONFERENCE PRESENTATION)(Conference notes)
Reproductive Health Matters;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...MALE circumcision for HIV prevention has been one...effect on the practice, since male circumcision programmes are already being generously...moving full steam ahead to scale up male circumcision in as many countries as are keen...

Article: "You can also cut my finger!": Social construction of male circumcision in West Africa, a case study of Senegal and Guinea-Bissau.(ROUNDTABLE)
Reproductive Health Matters;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......contribute to the current debate on male circumcision through an analysis of the cultural...social relations associated with male circumcision in two West African countries, Senegal...the complex conceptualisation of male circumcision present among a wide variety of ethnic...

Article: Male circumcision: implications for women as sexual partners and parents.(ROUNDTABLE)
Reproductive Health Matters;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......an association between male circumcision and lower HIV prevalence...suggesting a possible role for male circumcision in HIV prevention. (1...strategies and approaches to male circumcision programming in Geneva...2007; (5) a meeting on male circumcision and young men's ...

Article: Roundup: African countries intensify safe male circumcision program
Xinhua News Agency;  May 8, 2007 ;     576 words ......African countries intensify safe male circumcision program HARARE, May 8 (Xinhua...towards mainstreaming issues of safe male circumcision into its national health policy and...on the Eastern and Southern Africa Male Circumcision Consultation in Harare said the commitment...

Article: Unprecedented Scale-Up of Voluntary Male Circumcision Begins in Swaziland and Zambia.
PR Newswire Europe;  June 11, 2009 ;     433 words ......June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- - The Male Circumcision Partnership expands access to proven...significant move from research on male circumcision to full-scale implementation, the Male Circumcision Partnership is launching a massive...

Article: Unprecedented Scale-Up of Voluntary Male Circumcision Begins in Swaziland and Zambia
U.S. Newswire;  June 11, 2009 ;     446 words ......469-6673, adirksen@psi.org The Male Circumcision Partnership expands access to proven...significant move from research on male circumcision to full-scale implementation, the Male Circumcision Partnershipis launching a massive...

Article: Clearinghouse on Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention Web Site Launched
U.S. Newswire;  February 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ......PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Clearinghouse on Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention -- www.malecircumcison...authoritative information about the role of male circumcision in HIV prevention. The Clearinghouse...research, and resources on the use of male circumcision to prevent HIV," ...

Article: Male circumcision for HIV prevention: research implications for policy and programming WHO/UNAIDS technical consultation 6-8 March 2007 conclusions and recommendations (excerpts).(ROUNDTABLE)(Conference news)
Reproductive Health Matters;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......two trials assessing the impact of male circumcision on HIV risk would be stopped on the...controlled trials and other evidence on male circumcision and HIV prevention, to discuss the...evidence is compelling * The efficacy of male circumcision in reducing female-to-male ...

Article: Sexually transmitted infection management, safer sex promotion and voluntary HIV counselling and testing in the male circumcision trial, Rakai, Uganda.(ROUNDTABLE)(Clinical report)
Reproductive Health Matters;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......clinical trials on the efficacy of male circumcision show that medically performed adult male circumcision can be safe and efficacious in...simulation model of the impact of male circumcision on HIV incidence and cost per infection...

Article: Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis among women in Delhi, India
Indian Journal of Medical Research;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Background & objectives: Bacterial vaginosis is the most common cause of vaginal...reproductive age. Surveillance studies on bacterial vaginosis are mostly based on specialist clinic...population-based prevalence surveys of bacterial vaginosis have been conducted, we studied...