Research Update
Medical male circumcision gaining acceptance
More than 90 percent of men and women in a traditionally circumcising community in Tanzania would prefer medical over traditional circumcision for their sons, a study found…
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Rwanda tests promising new device
Rwanda is investigating a device for performing adult male circumcision that does not require anaesthesia…
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Device research yields encouraging results
A disposable medical device for performing adult male circumcision called the Shang Ring is acceptable to men and safe for further study in Africa, a study in Kenya found…
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Latest News
Zimbabwe sets ambitious goals for male circumcision
Zimbabwe's government plans to circumcise about 1.2 million men by the year 2015, Newsday of Zimbabwe reports…
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Swaziland to launch ambitious male circumcision campaign
Swaziland aims to provide medical male circumcision to 80 percent of the country's men by the end of 2011…
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Upcoming Events
Premiere of In It to Save Lives: PEPFAR's Film on Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention for Maximum Public Health Impact
Washington, DC, 22 June 2011, 8:30 am-11 am
6th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention. Rome, Italy, 17–20 July 2011
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Tools and Guidelines
Framework for Clinical Evaluation of Devices for Adult Male Circumcision
This document provides a framework for evaluating the clinical safety, efficacy, acceptability, and cost-effectiveness of devices for adult male circumcision in programmes to expand male circumcision for HIV prevention. It is designed for product developers, clinicians involved in testing devices, regulators, and sponsors supporting expansion of male circumcision programmes to prevent HIV.
 Manual for Early Infant Male Circumcision under Local Anaesthesia
The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with Jhpiego, developed this manual to help providers and programme managers deliver safe, high-quality infant male circumcision services for HIV prevention and other health benefits.
Advocacy Reports
Advocacy in Action
Two new reports on advocacy in action have been posted from Rwanda and South Africa. A summary reports on a year-long effort to involve civil society in the roll-out of male circumcision in Rwanda and an article examines the issues associated with the integration of gender equality in medical male circumcision messages, programmes, and policy.
Making Medical Circumcision Work for Women
This report documents women's perspectives on male circumcision for HIV prevention. Published by AVAC and the ATHENA Network's Women's HIV Prevention Tracking Project, it is based on interviews and focus group discussions with about 500 women in HIV-affected communities in Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Uganda.
 Meetings
Male Circumcision at CROI 2011
The 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), held 27 February to March 2 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, featured results from a follow-up study to the randomised controlled trial of male circumcision for HIV prevention in Rakai, Uganda, and a poster session on "Male Circumcision: Scale-up and Impact." |
