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ShangRing: WHO approval of second nonsurgical circumcision device sets stage for accelerated access to HIV prevention measure

Latest device approved for use on adolescents, broadening scope of low-cost intervention.

Published
02 July 2015
From
Science Speaks
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In Global Fight Against HIV, China’s Circumcision Device Makes the Cut

China wants a bigger slice of the global health market and it has a new tactic for getting it: circumcision.The World Health Organization announced Wednesday that it has approved the quality and production of a Chinese circumcision device to aid HIV prevention.

Published
18 June 2015
From
Wall Street Journal
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As circumcision wounds heal, HIV-positive men could spread virus to female partners

Scientists report that a new study of HIV-infected men in Uganda has identified a temporary, but potentially troublesome unintended consequence of the procedure: a possible increased risk of infecting female sexual partners while circumcision wounds heal. Data showed that among the 183 men not taking anti-retroviral drugs, less than 10 percent were shedding HIV before circumcision, but nearly 30 percent were shedding the virus two weeks after surgery. The percentages dropped sharply as the men's wounds healed, to less than three percent at six weeks and less than two percent at 12 weeks.

Published
27 May 2015
From
Science Daily
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Study: Give ARVs After Male Circumcision

Male circumcision has been proven to slow the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa. But a new study shows that in the short-term, the surgical technique could actually increase the risk of infection for female partners unless precautions are taken. The researchers therefore recommended that men be placed on antiretroviral therapy at the time of circumcision.

Published
29 April 2015
From
Voice of America
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Zimbabwe minister: 80 percent of males to be circumcised by 2018

The Zimbabwe ministry of health has launched an ambitious US$100 million male circumcision programme that is expected to see at least 80 percent of the male population being voluntarily circumcised.The development was confirmed by health minister David Parirenyatwa.

Published
30 January 2015
From
New Zimbabwe
HIV prevention policy
Uganda: HIV rights groups attack Museveni

A coalition of civil society organisations on the frontline of Uganda’s HIV response yesterday demanded President Museveni to withdrawal his remarks on HIV/Aids prevention. The President had said: “Those NGOs and whites come deceiving you that circumcision and condom use are the best ways to protect yourself against HIV/Aids. But I advise you to put padlocks on your private parts.”

Published
08 December 2014
From
Daily Monitor
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US: Circumcision Guidelines Target Teenagers

Doctors should start telling sexually active teenage boys who aren’t circumcised that if they have the surgery, they can reduce their risk of contracting H.I.V. and other sexually transmitted infections from their female partners, federal health officials propose. Similar counseling is urged for adult heterosexual men who remain uncircumcised and for expectant parents who will be making a decision about newborn circumcision if they have a boy, according to the new recommendations, proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Published
02 December 2014
From
New York Times
Circumcision
Demand creation for voluntary medical male circumcision: how can we influence emotional choices?

Governments and others employ two main approaches, informed by acceptability studies, for increasing the demand for VMMC—behaviour change communication (BCC) and opportunity or transaction cost reduction. The results from these approaches have been disappointing.

Published
01 December 2014
From
3ie
Circumcision
UNITAID Finds Affordability, Availability and Demand Slow Access to HIV Prevention Products

UNITAID has published its 2014 HIV Preventives Technology and Market Landscape which shows that although there has been a significant increase in products with promise to curb HIV transmission, scaling up access to them has been slow due to a variety of issues including affordability, availability and demand – all market based. The report highlights opportunities to change this through efforts to reduce various market obstacles such as the lack of product approval completion.

Published
01 December 2014
From
UNITAID
Circumcision
Uganda's flagging male circumcision drive

Limited funding and personnel, as well as misconceptions and cultural beliefs, are some of the challenges hindering Uganda's goal of circumcising at least 4.2 million men by 2015 in a bid to lower the country's HIV/AIDS incidence.

Published
08 October 2014
From
IRIN
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