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Voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) lowers the risk of female-to-male sexual HIV transmission by about 60%. VMMC is an important part of public health programmes in African countries with a high prevalence of HIV and a low rate of male circumcision.

HIV prevention policy

Mitchell Warren: Narrow the Gulf Between HIV Prevention Research and Reality

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Huffington Post
12 March 2014
Circumcision

Defying Elders and Changing Zambian Tradition

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Inter Press Service
5 March 2014
Circumcision

Male circumcision 'doesn’t affect sexual satisfaction'

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NHS Behind the Headlines
12 December 2013
Sexual transmission

Men with penile HPV infection have an increased risk of acquiring HIV

News
10 December 2013
Circumcision

Mass circumcision drive in Rwanda to curb HIV

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Aljazeera.com
27 November 2013
Circumcision

Creating a New Norm in Non-Circumcising Ethiopian Province

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Inter Press Service
26 November 2013
Circumcision

A cut too far? Zambia is still 75 per cent short of its target of two million male circumcisions by 2015

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The Independent
21 November 2013
HIV prevention policy

Halting and Reversing the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Uganda

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Brookings
18 November 2013
Circumcision

AIDS prevention: Africa's circumcision challenge

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Nature
18 November 2013
Bad science & bogus treatments

Circumcision: Cut to Fit

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Poz
8 October 2013
Circumcision

Cross-sectional study suggests circumcision is having a big impact on HIV rates among men in Orange Farm, South Africa

News
3 October 2013
Finance & funding

New Funding for South African Grants Will Target Key Populations

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Global Fund Observer
22 September 2013
Circumcision

Uganda: Ministry okays non-surgical circumcision

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Daily Monitor
17 September 2013
Circumcision

Text messages do not reduce early resumption of sexual activity in recently circumcised men

News
5 September 2013
Transmission & prevention

UNITAID launches first-ever comprehensive report on HIV prevention products

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UNITAID
27 August 2013
Circumcision

PEPFAR Commits $11.4M for Circumcision in Zambia

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Zambia Daily Mail
16 August 2013
Circumcision

Acceptance of male circumcision in PNG

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IRIN Plus News
24 July 2013
Circumcision

It’s either one, or the other: South African media coverage doesn’t integrate MMC, PrePex & initiation

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JournAIDS
17 July 2013
Circumcision

Medical male circumcision campaigns face cultural challenges in southern Africa

News
17 July 2013
Circumcision

Male circumcision: the message is catching on, but scale-up poses monitoring and follow-up problems

News
15 July 2013
Circumcision

Planning for non-surgical male circumcision

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IRIN Africa
8 July 2013
Circumcision

WHO approval of adult male circumcision device: UNITAID calls for more affordable products

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UNITAID press release
7 June 2013
Circumcision

Statement on World Health Organization prequalification of first medical device for adult voluntary medical male circumcision (PrePex)

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PEPFAR
3 June 2013
Circumcision

Circumcision plans go awry in Swaziland

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IRIN Plus News
15 May 2013