Title: Male circumcision: a potentially important new addition to HIV prevention.

POPLINE Document Number: 314853

Author(s):

Halperin DT

Source citation:

Contact, 2006 Aug;(182):31-35.

Abstract:

Behaviour change or 'ABC', including promoting of social norms to address the practice of multiple (concurrent) sexual partnerships, remains the most important strategy for preventing sexual transmission of HIV. However, especially in the most severely affected regions of southern and east Africa, additional prevention measures are urgently needed. While actual deployment of other potentially valuable technologies, such as an HIV vaccine and microbicides, remains many years away, male circumcision, which is probably the oldest and certainly the most common surgical procedure known, has become increasingly discussed in relation to HIV, along with emerging evidence of other health benefits such as protection against penile, cervical and prostate cancers. (excerpt)

Keywords:

Africa, Sub Saharan
Africa, Southern
Progress Report
Epidemiologic Methods
Clinical Trials
Men
Male Circumcision
HIV Prevention
Epidemiology
Ethics
Culture
Safety
Attitude
Christianity
Developing Countries
Africa
Research Methodology
Clinical Research
Demographic Factors
Population
Medical Procedures
Medicine
Health Services
Delivery of Health Care
Health
HIV Infections
Viral Diseases
Diseases
Public Health
Sociocultural Factors
Psychological Factors
Behavior
Religion