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Acceptability of medical male circumcision in the traditionally circumcising communities in Northern...

Acceptability of medical male circumcision in the traditionally circumcising communities in Northern...

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Acceptability of medical male circumcision in the traditionally circumcising communities in Northern Tanzania

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Acceptability of medical male circumcision in the traditionally circumcising communities in Northern Tanzania

Publisher

England: BioMed Central Ltd

Journal title

BMC public health, 2011-05, Vol.11 (1), p.373-373, Article 373

Language

English

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England: BioMed Central Ltd

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Contents

Data from traditionally circumcising communities show that non-circumcised males and those circumcised in the medical settings are stigmatised. This is because traditional circumcision embodies local notions of bravery as anaesthetics are not used. This study was conducted to assess the acceptability of safe medical circumcision before the onset of...

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Acceptability of medical male circumcision in the traditionally circumcising communities in Northern Tanzania

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_9fbcc0152b4642d5949dcdaf6115ef17

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_9fbcc0152b4642d5949dcdaf6115ef17

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ISSN

1471-2458

E-ISSN

1471-2458

DOI

10.1186/1471-2458-11-373

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