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CircumcisionThis page contains recent news articles, when available, and an overview of Circumcision but does not offer medical advice. You should contact your physician with regard to any health issues or concerns.By Dr. Innocent Nuwagira Male medical circumcision is one way of HIV-prevention. Because it does not provide complete protection, it is not a stand-alone New Vision, Win some, lose some - 07 Aug 2008 Circumcision is the one bright spot in the field of AIDS prevention. There are already parts of Africa, including South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia, Economist, The Daily Squeeze: Special Police Bras, Circumcision And AIDS, And ... - 07 Aug 2008 ...[Reuters] There is a growing belief among men in Swaziland, Africa, that circumcision provides complete protection against HIV. [Medical News Today] Spiders The Frisky, Call for targeted Aids prevention funding - 07 Aug 2008 Other speakers also made the case for substantially expanding circumcision, two years after clinical trials demonstrated its effectiveness in cutting HIV Financial Times, Health Highlights: Aug. 6, 2008 - 07 Aug 2008 ...the next seven years may be prevented by combining prevention methods such as condoms, circumcision and current treatment drugs, according to experts. U.S. News & World Report, Spotlight on initiations - 07 Aug 2008 News24: What is the significance of circumcision in initiation? It is important that we understand initiation as a right of passage and not circumcision. News24.com, Biomedical Prevention Is Key To Reducing Transmission Of HIV Infection - 07 Aug 2008 As we have yet to develop an HIV vaccine, core preventions methods such as male condoms, male circumcision, and prophylactic antiretroviral (ARV) drugs Medical News Today, Bogus degrees, mutilations and mics - 07 Aug 2008 What's being done to these women is nowhere near the equivalent of male circumcision, and though some prefer the circumcision term for cultural reasons, You Don't Say, Community where 98pc of women are circumcised - 07 Aug 2008 And the two per cent who have escaped circumcision are those born of Maasai or Yiaku mothers and fathers from other communities such as the Kikuyu. Standard, Circumcision is ‘brutal’ - Aug 5, 2008 Circumcision is a brutal act performed on male and female children on pseudo medical and cultural grounds in both Western and other cultures. Belfast Telegraph, Dunia Samir Ghanem tackles girls circumcision - Aug 4, 2008 The new film which is just 45 minutes, will talk about girls not finishing school and about girl's circumcision. The young girls in the movie are Al-Bawaba, ATTEMPTS MADE TO END FEMALE CIRCUMCISION - Aug 2, 2008 But Mohammed also has heard that circumcision can be medically risky and emotionally painful. And a strong-willed neighbour, another woman, Sarnia Observer, New Study Shows Condoms 95 Times More Cost-Effective than ... - Aug 5, 2008 ...“Male circumcision is too costly to justify in the HIV battle. Even if circumcision does offer some protection against heterosexually transmitted HIV, PR-USA.net (press release), Where and why female circumcision is practised - Aug 4, 2008 An estimated 70 million girls and women in 27 African and Middle Eastern countries have been circumcised. The age-old tradition, also known as female The Canadian Press Circumcision Clinic Has African Men Lining Up to Prevent AIDS - Aug 1, 2008 Researchers and advocates will discuss how to promote circumcision at the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City next week, where more than 25000 Bloomberg Circumcision festival kicks off in Western - Aug 1, 2008 By Robert Wanyonyi and Stephen Makabila A carnival mood has descended on the greater Bungoma District as the month-long circumcision festivities gain Standard, How safe is traditional circumcision - Aug 4, 2008 Since three randomised trials in 2005 and 2006 demonstrated that circumcision could reduce the risk of HIV infection among men by up to 60 percent, Plus News, Egyptian activists battle to combat traditional 'circumcision' of ... - Aug 4, 2008 SULTAN ZAWYIT, Egypt: In this Nile River farming village, Maha Mohammed is having doubts about "circumcising" her two daughters. Cape Times (subscription), Kenyan boy in circumcision injury - Aug 1, 2008 A sixteen-year-old Kenyan boy is being treated in hospital after losing part of his penis in a circumcision ritual. He suffered the accident during the BBC News, Child dies in circumcision - Aug 4, 2008 Erojo, a native of Panciao, Manjuyod, Negros Oriental and a grade 5 pupil of Lucay Elementary School, availed the free circumcision in a medical mission Sun.Star, HIV: High infection tally sparks search for new strategies - Aug 5, 2008 Once considered a cultural or religious rite, male circumcision has also leapt into the HIV prevention arena, thanks to evidence from trials in eastern and AFP New Male Circumcision Device for HIV Prevention Studied - Aug 1, 2008 Newswise — With the recent endorsement by the World Health Organization (WHO) and scientists worldwide of adult male circumcision as an important strategy Newswise (press release) 'No one tried on girl circumcision' - Jul 30, 2008 No one responsible for the practice of female circumcision has ever been prosecuted in the UK, police have admitted. But 45 young girls aged between five The Press Association How Effective Is Male Circumcision at Preventing Sexually ... - Jul 23, 2008 Adult male circumcision is being pushed as the latest magic bullet for the HIV pandemic. There is good reason for the enthusiasm about a new use for the AlterNet, Circumcision makes economic sense in fight against HIV - Aug 5, 2008 Circumcision not only saves lives by reducing the risk of HIV infection, it also has clear economic benefits, according to research presented at the 17th Nature.com (subscription), 'Circumcision can lead to mental illness' - Jul 19, 2008 A 21-year-old Langa law student looked forward to his rite of passage to manhood but two weeks after his circumcision at an initiation school in the bush he Independent Online, Another victim of circumcision ritual - Jul 18, 2008 Aware of the risks of traditional circumcision, the family of 18-year old Yongama Boya had him circumcised in hospital before sending him off to the "bush" Independent Online, SWAZILAND: Circumcision gives men an excuse not to use condoms - Jul 31, 2008 MBABANE, 31 July 2008 (IRIN) - There is a growing belief among men in Swaziland that circumcision provides complete protection against HIV, a perception IRINnews.org, Moves to combat female circumcision - Jul 27, 2008 Ministers are failing to act to prevent young girls being circumcised, Labour peer and crime writer Ruth Rendell has said. The long-term campaigner against The Press Association Kenyans reject circumcision plan - Jul 18, 2008 Elders from Kenya's Luo community in western Kenya have refused to endorse a plan to promote male circumcision to curb the spread of HIV/Aids. BBC News, Condoms `Promote Sin' in Papua New Guinea as AIDS, Faith Cross - Aug 3, 2008 These include Islamic prohibitions against gay sex, which shames gays in Malaysia from responding to prevention efforts, and opposition to circumcision by Bloomberg Male Circumcision to be Legalised in Finland - Jul 30, 2008 However difficulties may arise in cases where one parent opposes the circumcision. Officials hope to bring the bill before Parliament as early as this year. YLE News, No prosecutions yet over female circumcision - Jul 31, 2008 No-one responsible for the practice of female circumcision has ever been prosecuted in the UK, police in London have admitted. Worthing Today, Debating circumcision - Jul 17, 2008 And no matter what people told me, I could not imagine a way in which circumcision would not hurt him. Research suggests no medical reason to do it. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Circumcision: To cut or not to cut? - Jul 16, 2008 According to the increasingly vocal advocates of male circumcision, slicing off the foreskin is one of the most effective public-health measures ever New Scientist (subscription), Experts Fear Quarks Handling Circumcision - Jul 28, 2008 Health experts are worried quarks might be taking advantage of the weak health system and a delayed policy to carry out medical male circumcision amid AllAfrica.com, Researchers Look to Israeli Circumcision Program to Help Combat AIDS - Jul 29, 2008 By Joel Greenberg [HUMAN INTEREST] Israel is providing cutting-edge medical knowledge and assistance in the form of adult circumcision procedures- to AIDS Israel Hasbara Committee (subscription), Long road to the cut - Aug 2, 2008 By Stephen Makabila And Robert Wanyonyi Bukusu traditional circumcision rites usually start after a boy informs parents that he is ready and willing to be Standard, IAC: Jury Out on Heterosexual HIV Risk - Aug 4, 2008 Estimates of risk vary depending on a range of co-factors, such as the presence of genital ulcer disease or circumcision, she said. MedPage Today, Uganda: Only 25 Percent Ugandan Men Are Circumcised - Aug 4, 2008 A medical research carried out between 2005 and 2007 in Uganda, Kenya and South Africa indicated that circumcision reduced the chances of contracting HIV in AllAfrica.com, Nigerian man arrested in Italy for boy's circumcision death - Jul 23, 2008 Bari, Italy - The death in Italy of a two-year old boy following a botched circumcision lead Wednesday to the arrest of a Nigerian man on manslaughter and Monsters and Critics.com Court backs Mosley’s sexual escapades - Aug 3, 2008 But the question of circumcision is unfortunately a very political issue in our country because it always invokes strong ethnic sentiments. Standard, Boy dies after home circumcision - Jul 23, 2008 BARI, Italy, July 23 (UPI) -- A baby boy died in an Italian hospital after his Nigerian parents performed a circumcision at home, police said. United Press International The missing link in Africa's circumcision boom - Jul 16, 2008 Who's up for circumcision? Boys pose for the camera in Sao Tome. Photo by Mercedes Sayagues Pull down your zipper. Pass the sterilised blade. Reuters AlertNet, Baby dies after home circumcision - Jul 22, 2008 ...(ANSA) - Bari, July 22 - A two-month old boy died Tuesday after a circumcision carried out at the home of his Nigerian-born parents. Ansa news in English, Circumcision Plan to Curb AIDS Rejected - Jul 21, 2008 Kenyan elders from the Luo community have rejected a proposal that would see male circumcision become a usual practise to curb the spread of HIV. ShortNews.com, Circumcision: a painful decision - Jul 16, 2008 A recent Oregon court case focused attention on circumcision, an enduring religious ritual for Jews and Muslims that is otherwise declining as a medical or The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, Rwanda starts male circumcision program in the army - Jul 16, 2008 ...afrol News / PlusNews, 16 July - Rwandan soldiers will benefit from a government policy of using male circumcision as a way to respond to HIV/AIDS, afrol News, Wedding Customs in Socotra include circumcision - Jul 14, 2008 The main difference in weddings on Socotra for men is the circumcision process the bridegroom conducts before his marriage. Yemen Times, Doublé de Feindouno - Aug 3, 2008 Male circumcision medical breakthrough20/12CNN and Time have declared Male Circumcision as the biggest medical breakthrough of 2007. This comes… AfricaNews, : |
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