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Volume 15, 2007 - Issue 29: Male circumcision for HIV prevention / Taking on the opposition
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Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention: Is There Really Enough of the Right Kind of Evidence?

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Pages 33-44 | Published online: 17 May 2007

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Paul J. Fleming, Clare Barrington, Lisa D. Pearce, Leonel Lerebours, Yeycy Donastorg & Maximo O. Brito. (2017) “I Feel Like More of a Man”: A Mixed Methods Study of Masculinity, Sexual Performance, and Circumcision for HIV Prevention. The Journal of Sex Research 54:1, pages 42-54.
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Masego Katisi & Marguerite Daniel. (2015) Safe male circumcision in Botswana: Tension between traditional practices and biomedical marketing. Global Public Health 10:5-6, pages 739-756.
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Robert S. Van Howe. (2015) Circumcision as a primary HIV preventive: Extrapolating from the available data. Global Public Health 10:5-6, pages 607-625.
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Alain Giami, Christophe Perrey, André Luiz de Oliveira Mendonça & Kenneth Rochel de Camargo. (2015) Hybrid forum or network? The social and political construction of an international ‘technical consultation’: Male circumcision and HIV prevention. Global Public Health 10:5-6, pages 589-606.
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Richard G. Wamai, Brian J. Morris, Robert C. Bailey, Jeffrey D. Klausner & Mackenzie N. Boedicker. (2015) Male circumcision for protection against HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa: The evidence in favour justifies the implementation now in progress. Global Public Health 10:5-6, pages 639-666.
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Kirsten Bell. (2015) HIV prevention: Making male circumcision the ‘right’ tool for the job. Global Public Health 10:5-6, pages 552-572.
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Sebenzile Nkosi, Yandisa Sikweyiya, Connie T. Kekwaletswe & Neo K. Morojele. (2015) Male circumcision, alcohol use and unprotected sex among patrons of bars and taverns in rural areas of north-west province, South Africa. AIDS Care 27:5, pages 612-617.
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Erica H. Layer, Sarah W. Beckham, Romani B. Momburi, Maureen Peter, Editha Laizer & Caitlin E. Kennedy. (2014) ‘He is proud of my courage to ask him to be circumcised’: experiences of female partners of male circumcision clients in Iringa region, Tanzania. Culture, Health & Sexuality 16:3, pages 258-272.
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Gertrude Khumalo-Sakutukwa, Tim Lane, Heidi van-Rooyen, Alfred Chingono, Hilton Humphries, Andrew Timbe, Katherine Fritz, Admire Chirowodza & Stephen F. Morin. (2013) Understanding and addressing socio-cultural barriers to medical male circumcision in traditionally non-circumcising rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Culture, Health & Sexuality 15:9, pages 1085-1100.
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Precious Greely, Pranitha Maharaj, Thabo Letsoalo & Andrew Miti. (2013) Traditional male circumcision for reducing the risk of HIV infection: perspectives of young people in South Africa. Culture, Health & Sexuality 15:2, pages 148-159.
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Johannes Köhler, Jerome Amir Singh, Rennie Stuart, Julia Samuelson & Andreas Alois Reis. (2022) Ethical implications of economic compensation for voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention and epidemic control. PLOS Global Public Health 2:12, pages e0001361.
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Kemist Shumba, Anna Meyer-Weitz & Kwaku Oppong Asante. (2022) Access to Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision among Learners: Experiences of Learners and Stakeholders in Two Districts in Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development 34:3.
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Raphael Cohen-Almagor. (2020) Should liberal government regulate male circumcision performed in the name of Jewish tradition?. SN Social Sciences 1:1.
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Aaron T Norton. (2017) Foreskin and the molecular politics of risk. Social Studies of Science 47:5, pages 655-680.
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J. Steven Svoboda, Peter W. Adler & Robert S. Van Howe. (2021) Circumcision Is Unethical and Unlawful. Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 44:2, pages 263-282.
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Khai Hoan Tram & Jane T. Bertrand. (2014) Correlates of Male Circumcision in Eastern and Southern African Countries: Establishing a Baseline Prior to VMMC Scale-Up. PLoS ONE 9:6, pages e100775.
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Jobiba ChinkhumbaSusan GodlontonRebecca Thornton. (2014) The Demand for Medical Male Circumcision. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 6:2, pages 152-177.
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Angela Kelly, Martha Kupul, Herick Aeno, Patti Shih, Richard Naketrumb, James Neo, Lisa Fitzgerald, John M. Kaldor, Peter M. Siba & Andrew Vallely. (2012) Why Women Object to Male Circumcision to Prevent HIV in a Moderate-Prevalence Setting. Qualitative Health Research 23:2, pages 180-193.
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Marie Fox & Michael Thomson. (2018) The new politics of male circumcision: HIV/AIDS, health law and social justice. Legal Studies 32:2, pages 255-281.
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Robert Darby & Robert Van Howe. (2011) Not a surgical vaccine: there is no case for boosting infant male circumcision to combat heterosexual transmission of HIV in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 35:5, pages 459-465.
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Matthew Johnson. (2010) Male genital mutilation: Beyond the tolerable?. Ethnicities 10:2, pages 181-207.
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Jason A. Ferris, Juliet Richters, Marian K. Pitts, Julia M. Shelley, Judy M. Simpson, Richard Ryall & Anthony M.A. Smith. (2010) Circumcision in Australia: further evidence on its effects on sexual health and wellbeing. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 34:2, pages 160-164.
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Limin Mao, David J. Templeton, June Crawford, John Imrie, Garrett P. Prestage, Andrew E. Grulich, Basil Donovan, John M. Kaldor & Susan C. Kippax. (2008) Does Circumcision Make a Difference to the Sexual Experience of Gay Men? Findings from the Health in Men (HIM) Cohort. The Journal of Sexual Medicine 5:11, pages 2557-2561.
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