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Recent News and Articles on the Keywords: male circumcision + surgical procedures + circumcision  Related to the article below (Last Update: 5/13/2008)


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HIV Prevention Message Failing
Science a Gogo - May 12, 2008
In a new policy paper, the researchers argue that two interventions currently getting less attention and resources - male circumcision and reducing multiple ...
Major Shift In HIV Prevention Priorities Needed, Analysts Urge Science Daily (press release)
Circumcision and partner reduction should be priorities for HIV ... Aidsmap
Circumcision 'is the best weapon in fight against Aids' Independent
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Uganda: I Won't Groom Heir Says Museveni
AllAfrica.com, Washington -
On circumcision, Museveni said he would not promote male circumcision as a means to prevent HIV transmission unless scientific evidence on its effectiveness ...
Circumcision an 'Opportunity To Take Great Strides Forward ...
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Apr 30, 2008
Results from trials in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda in 2006 showed that male circumcision reduced the transmission of HIV from women to men by up to 60 ...
End of a credible South Africa Independent Online
Richardson Teachers Teach South African AIDS Victims NBC5i.com
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Male Circumcision Ineffective in HIV Battle According to New ...
PR Web (press release), WA - May 6, 2008
Promoting male circumcision in Africa is risky and dangerous and could lead to more HIV infections, warns a new paper published today in the May issue of ...
The impacts of male circumcision in Africa
Lawrentian (subscription), WI - May 3, 2008
Wednesday, Apr. 23 at 7 pm in Wriston Auditorium, Professor Robert C. Bailey lectured on male circumcision to a curious audience as part of the Bioethics ...
AFRICA: Overview - At the Cutting edge - male circumcision and HIV
Plus News, South Africa - Apr 15, 2008
Is mass male circumcision the new big thing in HIV prevention, or is it a risky social experiment that threatens to divert funding from tried and tested ...
Uganda AIDS Policies Overlook Children - Study SANGONeT
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Kenya: Luo Elders to Consult Over 'Cut'
AllAfrica.com, Washington - Apr 21, 2008
Early this month, the Ministry of Health recommended male circumcision following last year's findings of World Health Organisation-sponsored studies in ...
Cholera kills 67 in Kenya, Fungus Wipes out Rice AllAfrica.com
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About a penis: To cut or not to cut Local author and filmmaker ...
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Apr 17, 2008
For instance, the Wikipedia article on male circumcision (NSFW) is locked and editing is disabled due to vandalism. While presenting information from the ...
Free circumcision offered in Marikina
Inquirer.net, Philippines - May 8, 2008
By Kristine L. Alave MANILA, Philippines -- The Marikina city health office and the vice mayor?s office are offering free circumcisions to male residents 9 ...
Kenya: government to roll out circumcision
Aidsmap, UK - Apr 15, 2008
The Kenyan government has embarked on an ambitious national programme to fast track the national rollout of male circumcision as a means of preventing HIV. ...
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[PDF] Effect of neonatal circumcision on pain response during subsequent routine vaccination -
A Taddio, J Katz, AL Ilersich, G Koren - Lancet, 1997 - bmc.org
... lived by examining infant behaviour several months after surgery. ... may be linked with
neonatal circumcision in male ... Male infants who had been circumcised also ...
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Male circumcision for HIV prevention in young men in Kisumu, Kenya: a randomised controlled trial -
RC Bailey, S Moses, CB Parker, K Agot, I Maclean, … - The Lancet, 2007 - Elsevier
... report the results of a randomised controlled trial of male circumcision in 18 ... Men
assigned to the circumcision group were scheduled for surgery the same ...

Male circumcision: assessment of health benefits and risks -
S Moses, RC Bailey, AR Ronald - British Medical Journal, 1998 - sti.bmj.com
... 25% of men are circumcised for religious ... However, controversy surrounds the procedure,
and its ... the health benefits and risks associated with male circumcision. ...

Randomized, controlled intervention trial of male circumcision for reduction of HIV infection risk: … -
B Auvert, D Taljaard, E Lagarde, J Sobngwi-Tambekou … - PLoS Med, 2005 - medicine.plosjournals.org
... Male Circumcision. ... were performed by three local general practitioners in their surgical
offices ... The cost of each circumcision was 300 South African Rand and was ...

Male circumcision for HIV prevention in men in Rakai, Uganda: a randomised trial -
RH Gray, G Kigozi, D Serwadda, F Makumbi, S Watya, … - The Lancet, 2007 - Elsevier
... The procedure for HIV testing at each follow ... large, randomised trial of adult male
circumcision in a ... population shows that such a surgical intervention reduces ...

Male Circumcision, Penile Human Papillomavirus Infection, and Cervical Cancer in Female Partners. -
X Castellsagu?, FX Bosch, N Mu?oz, CJLM Meijer, … - Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 2002 - obgynsurvey.com
... Male Circumcision and AIDS in Africa: Primum Non Nocere versus the ... The Prepuce and
Circumcision: Dual Application as a Graft. Annals of Plastic Surgery. ...

Female Circumcision as a Public Health Issue -
N Toubia - New England Journal of Medicine, 1994 - content.nejm.org
... In many civilizations, certain surgical procedures have profound ... Male circumcision,
for example, has deep importance ... Female circumcision is practiced today in ...

Male circumcision and HIV acquisition and transmission: cohort studies in Rakai, Uganda. -
RH Gray, N Kiwanuka, TC Quinn, NK Sewankambo, D … - AIDS, 2000 - aidsonline.com
... and the provision of safe surgical procedures for large ... In addition, if circumcision
was performed before puberty ... up to observe an effect on male HIV acquisition ...

The history of circumcision -
WD Dunsmuir, EM Gordon - BJU Int, 1999 - Blackwell Synergy
... cultures apportion ?seasons? for both the male and ... men who had the requisite surgical
skill and ... operation, supports the view that circumcision developed as ...

Effects of Circumcision on Male Sexual Function: Debunking a Myth? -
S COLLINS, J UPSHAW, S RUTCHIK, C OHANNESSIAN, J … - The Journal of Urology, 2002 - Elsevier
... complications or penile hypoesthesia related to the surgery. ... scores of BMSFI before
and after circumcision. ... first prospective comparison of male sexual function ...

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Is infant male circumcision an abuse of the rights of the child?

 

Circumcision is one of the commonest surgical procedures performed on males. Opponents argue that infant circumcision can cause both physical and psychological harm, while recent evidence shows that circumcision is medically beneficial. Two doctors debate the issue in this week’s BMJ.

There is now rarely a therapeutic indication for infant circumcision, yet ritual (non-therapeutic) male circumcision continues unchecked throughout the world, long after female circumcision, facial scarification, and other ritual forms of infant abuse have been made illegal, writes Geoff Hinchley, a consultant at Barnet & Chase Farm NHS Trust.

The law and principles pertaining to child protection should apply equally to both sexes, so why do society and the medical profession collude with this unnecessary mutilating practise, he asks"

In addition to religious justification, there have been many spurious and now unsupported claims for circumcision including the prevention of penile cancer, masturbation, blindness, and insanity, most of which relate to adult sexual behaviour and not to the genital anatomy or best interest of a child, he adds.

There may be a case that male circumcision reduces HIV risk in sexually active adults, however the decision on whether an individual wishes to have this procedure should be left until they are old enough to make their own informed health care choices.

Male genital mutilation is not a risk-free procedure, he adds. Far from being a harmless traditional practice, circumcision damages young boys.

And in terms of legal protection, he argues that both the US and the UK legal systems discriminate between the sexes when it comes to protecting boys and girls from damaging ritual genital mutilation.

The unpalatable truth is that logic and the rights of the child play little part in determining the acceptability of male genital mutilation in our society, he writes. The profession needs to recognise this and champion the argument on behalf of boys that was so successful for girls.

But Kirsten Patrick of the BMJ argues that, if competently performed, circumcision carries little risk and cannot be compared with female circumcision.

Although any surgical operation can be painful and do harm, the pain of circumcision, if done under local anaesthesia, is comparable to that from an injection for immunisation, she writes.

In terms of evidence of benefit, male circumcision has been associated with a reduced risk of sexually transmitted infections, such as human papilloma virus, chancroid and syphilis. Robust research has also shown that circumcision can reduce the spread of HIV.

And although the complication rate for infant circumcision is essentially unknown (because most operations are unregistered) data suggest that it is between 0.2% and 3%, with most complications being minor. Furthermore, she says, no robust research exists examining the long term psychological effects of male infant circumcision.

Despite the fact that no medical body advocates routine male infant circumcision, most agree that it is safe and acceptable and recommend that the procedure is carried out by a competent operator using adequate anaesthesia.

Male circumcision is not illegal anywhere in the world. It is a choice that parents will make on behalf of their male children, for cultural or other reasons, and regulating its provision is the wisest course of action, she concludes.

An accompanying clinical review concludes that medical indications for male circumcision in both childhood and adulthood are rare, but that complications can be drastic.
 
 
 
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