Acceptability of Medical Male Circumcision and Improved Instrument Sanitation Among a Traditionally...
Acceptability of Medical Male Circumcision and Improved Instrument Sanitation Among a Traditionally Circumcising Group in East Africa
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Boston: Springer US
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English
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By removing the foreskin, medical male circumcision (MMC) reduces female to male heterosexual HIV transmission by approximately 60 %. Traditional circumcision has higher rates of complications than MMC, and reports indicate unsanitized instruments are sometimes shared across groups of circumcision initiates. A geographically stratified, cluster sur...
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Acceptability of Medical Male Circumcision and Improved Instrument Sanitation Among a Traditionally Circumcising Group in East Africa
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3465712
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3465712
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1090-7165
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1573-3254
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10.1007/s10461-012-0262-6
