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Assessing Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in a Unprecendented Public Health Intervention

PLOS launches a new collection, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention: Improving Quality, Efficiency, Cost Effectiveness, and Demand for Services during an Accelerated Scale-up, which focuses on the challenges and opportunities of a large scale public health intervention.

Published
07 May 2014
From
PLOS Blogs
Circumcision
Zimbabwe: Male Celebrities Get Circumcised in Response to HIV

Musicians and soccer stars are among a group of Zimbabwean celebrities who have undergone male circumcision as a symbolic and practical act to fight HIV.

Published
11 April 2014
From
Key Correspondents
HIV prevention policy
Mitchell Warren: Narrow the Gulf Between HIV Prevention Research and Reality

Alongside the string of new research advances is the realization that we're failing to deliver what already works today to people in need. This has to be the year where we honor their commitment by following through on our promise to deliver proven options to the communities where they live.

Published
12 March 2014
From
Huffington Post
Circumcision
Defying Elders and Changing Zambian Tradition

David Mubita has long been known in the family as a fool for starting trouble. The latest was getting circumcised secretly and nearly cast out by Grandfather Ndumwa. But Mubita may turn out to be the wisest in the family.

Published
05 March 2014
From
Inter Press Service
Circumcision
Male circumcision 'doesn’t affect sexual satisfaction'

A systematic review of the scientific literature has concluded that circumcision has no adverse effect on sexual performance or satisfaction.

Published
12 December 2013
From
NHS Behind the Headlines
Circumcision
Mass circumcision drive in Rwanda to curb HIV

Rwanda aims to non-surgically circumcise 700,000 adult men by 2016 as part of strategy to achieve AIDS-free generation.

Published
27 November 2013
From
Aljazeera.com
Circumcision
A cut too far? Zambia is still 75 per cent short of its target of two million male circumcisions by 2015

In the fourth part of his 3,000 mile journey through Africa’s Aids epidemic, Jeremy Laurance finds that the ‘surgical vaccine’ is proving hard to sell – to wives and girlfriends

Published
21 November 2013
From
The Independent
HIV prevention policy
Halting and Reversing the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Uganda

Expanding coverage and uptake of a mix of different HIV/AIDS prevention methods, including testing and male circumcision could boost Uganda’s fight against HIV/AIDS.

Published
18 November 2013
From
Brookings
Circumcision
AIDS prevention: Africa's circumcision challenge

To combat the spread of HIV, health officials plan to circumcise 20 million men in Africa, but some have concerns about the aftermath.

Published
18 November 2013
From
Nature
Bad science and bogus treatments
Circumcision: Cut to Fit

Major studies support circumcision as prevention in Africa but a small yet vocal group argues the science is flawed.

Published
08 October 2013
From
Poz
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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