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Lasting HIV protection shown in Rakai

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:52:12 -0500

Male circumcision continued to provide men with significant protection from heterosexually acquired HIV infection for almost five years...

Namibian health insurers approve male circumcision fee

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:51:33 -0500

Namibia’s association of health insurers has approved a uniform fee for male circumcision, opening the way for private insurance coverage of the procedure...

Task-shifting is safe, review concludes

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:50:19 -0500

With proper training and supervision, the task of performing male circumcision can be shifted safely to non-physician clinicians in Africa...

Strategy aims to reach 20 million men

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:13:20 -0500

Five international organisations collaborated to develop a strategic framework for action to spur efforts to circumcise 20.3 million men by 2015...

Study examines programme scale-up

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:12:43 -0500

Only one of the high-priority countries in eastern and southern Africa is on track to reach its goals for male circumcision coverage, according to a recent analysis...

Male circumcision and gender

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:11:40 -0500

Activists in South Africa are using a male circumcision programme to raise awareness of the need for gender equality...

Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention at ICASA 2011

Thu, 1 Dec 2011 16:49:10 -0500

Male circumcision for HIV prevention will be highlighted in more than 36 presentations and posters at the 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 4-8 December.

REMINDER: Submit late abstracts for ICASA 2011 by 17 October 2011!

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:52:29 -0400

The call for Late Breaker Abstracts will be open from 19 September - 17 October 2011

Precancerous lesions reduced among circumcised men

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:48:14 -0400

Male circumcision may reduce the risk of precancerous penile lesions associated with human papillomavirus, a study in Kenya found...

Gauteng province rolls out male circumcision

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:47:33 -0400

The health department in South Africa’s Gauteng Province plans to increase the number of facilities that can provide medical male circumcision...

Will Zimbabwe’s ministers get circumcised?

Wed, 7 Sep 2011 13:46:17 -0400

Zimbabwe’s deputy prime minister has suggested that male cabinet ministers and legislators get circumcised...

Medical male circumcision gaining acceptance

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:23:44 -0400

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

Zimbabwe sets ambitious goals for male circumcision

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:19:42 -0400

Zimbabwe’s government plans to circumcise about 1.2 million men, or 80 percent of the country’s men, by the year 2015 as part of its HIV prevention efforts, Newsday of Zimbabwe reports.

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Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:52:23 -0400

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Rwanda tests promising new device

Tue, 17 May 2011 14:05:01 -0400

Rwanda is investigating a nonsurgical device for performing adult male circumcision that does not require anaesthesia.

Device research yields encouraging results

Tue, 17 May 2011 14:04:29 -0400

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.

Botswanan women encouraged to promote male circumcision

Tue, 17 May 2011 14:03:06 -0400

An official from Botswana’s Ministry of Health urged women to encourage their partners and sons to be circumcised.

Male circumcision: lessons from Kenya’s first year

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:30:43 -0400

The first evaluation of the implementation of voluntary medical male circumcision in Kenya offers lessons for other African countries.

Male circumcision offers lasting protection

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:30:07 -0400

Male circumcision continues to provide significant protection from HIV infection years after the procedure, said scientists reporting on a study from Rakai, Uganda.

Swaziland to launch ambitious male circumcision campaign

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:28:44 -0400

Swaziland aims to provide medical male circumcision to 80 percent of the country’s men by the end of 2011.

Male circumcision may reduce risk of cervical cancer

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:24:32 -0500

Having a male partner who is circumcised reduces a woman’s chances of infection with high-risk forms of the human papillomavirus (HPV) by about 25 percent.

Kenyan campaign achieves rapid results

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:23:32 -0500

More than 50,000 men and boys were circumcised over 30 days in Kenya’s Nyanza Province, The Standard reports.

Free services spark demand for male circumcision in Uganda

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:21:43 -0500

Hundreds of men in northern Uganda have come to hospitals to be circumcised since the government began offering the procedure for free.

Circumcision may not protect gay men from HIV

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:15:01 -0500

Male circumcision may not reduce the risk of acquiring HIV infection among men who have sex with men, a study in the USA and Peru suggests.

Male circumcision funding boosted in South Africa

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:14:04 -0500

A new grant to South Africa from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will provide $33 million for medical male circumcision.

Zulu king to honour circumcised men

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:13:09 -0500

Some 18,000 men who have been circumcised recently in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, will be honoured at the palace of the Zulu monarch.

Surveys gauge support for male circumcision

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:09:05 -0500

Surveys in seven African countries where less than half of men are circumcised revealed relatively high levels of support for male circumcision.

Counselling key to success of male circumcision

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:08:23 -0500

Men in Nyanza Province appear to be disproving fears of greater sexual risk-taking after male circumcision, PlusNews reports.

South African inmates request male circumcision

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:07:03 -0500

Officials in South Africa’s Kwazulu Natal Province say they are "overwhelmed" by the number of male prisoners who want to be circumcised, reports the BBC News.

Study provides insights on risk behaviour after male circumcision

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:21:29 -0400

Male circumcision offered with HIV counseling and testing can encourage men to change their behaviour to avoid HIV, a small qualitative study in Kenya found.

Ugandan campaign to expand safe male circumcision services

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:20:51 -0400

Uganda aims to increase the proportion of men who are circumcised from 25 percent to 40 percent in five years to reduce new HIV infections.

Zimbabwe receives 5,000 male circumcision kits

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:20:01 -0400

The U.S. government has provided about 5,000 medical kits for performing male circumcisions in Zimbabwe.

Uganda to launch male circumcision programme

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:25:54 -0400

The Ugandan government will begin a nationwide male circumcision programme in July.

Kenya expands male circumcision efforts

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:24:32 -0400

The Kenyan Ministry of Health aims to provide male circumcision for HIV prevention to about 1,000 men in Nairobi’s Kibera slum.

Zulu king promotes male circumcision

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:25:00 -0400

A Zulu king is reviving the tradition of male circumcision to help prevent the spread of HIV in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province.