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Dear Colleague,
The latest issue of the Clearinghouse’s quarterly research digest covers articles published from 1 April to 30 June 2022. The digest provides abstracts of articles from the peer-reviewed literature on male circumcision, with a focus on voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) for HIV prevention.
Links are provided to either the abstract online or the full text of articles that are open access. For additional information on VMMC, search the Clearinghouse’s Resource Library.
Featured Articles
- A mixed-methods study found a high level of support for VMMC among women in fishing communities in Uganda but identified a need to improve their understanding of the service and increase their involvement in decision-making about VMMC.
- A modeling study using data from a community-randomised trial in Botswana suggests that enhanced HIV testing, linkage to HIV services — including VMMC — and early initiation of antiretroviral therapy improve life expectancy, reduce HIV transmission, and can be cost-effective or cost-saving.
- In a survey among 461 pregnant women attending antenatal clinics at two teaching hospitals in Nigeria, 85 percent said they wanted their male children to be circumcised on or before the eighth day of life; most women preferred that a nurse perform the procedure.
- Other abstracts featured in the digest address “nudging” as a strategy for increasing uptake of VMMC, barriers to uptake of VMMC in Botswana, the effects of VMMC and other interventions on HIV incidence in South Africa, and VMMC’s impact on male fertility through its protective effect against genitourinary infections.
Other abstracts featured in the digest address “nudging” as a strategy for increasing uptake of VMMC, barriers to uptake of VMMC in Botswana, the effects of VMMC and other interventions on HIV incidence in South Africa, and VMMC’s impact on male fertility through its protective effect against genitourinary infections.
Best regards,
Clearinghouse Webmaster
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