Circumcision (male)
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Source: MayoClinic.com Full Feed - January 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medical Male Circumcision Services for HIV Prevention: Africa Medical Male Circumcision Services for HIV Prevention: Africa
This report details the progress being made in expanding HIV prevention by way of voluntary medical male circumcision across southern and eastern Africa. Are goals being met?Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV/AIDS Journal Article Source Type: news
Community Engagement is Improving HIV Prevention Programs in Tanzania
December 21, 2017Community leaders are key to reaching men with voluntary medical male circumcision services.One afternoon in Masanwa village, in Tanzania ’s Simiyu region, an old man showed up at the outreach clinic, seeking care for a wound.The facility he came to mainly provides voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC), which helps prevent the spread of HIV. His wound was unrelated to the facility ’s usual services, but the VMMC technical advisor on duty struck up a conversation with him about male circumcision services in the village, with the hope of identifying potential new clients.The man had lived in this co...
Source: IntraHealth International - December 15, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: intrahealth Source Type: news
Scale-Up of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Services for HIV Prevention — 12 Countries in Southern and Eastern Africa, 2013–2016
Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) has been recognized by the World Health Organization and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS as an effective human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection prevention intervention in settings with a generalized HIV epidemic and low male circumcision prevalence. During 2010 –2012, CDC (through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) supported 1,020,424 VMMCs in nine countries in Southern and Eastern Africa. (Source: CDC HIV/AIDS Prevention)
Source: CDC HIV/AIDS Prevention - December 1, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Scale-Up of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Services for HIV Prevention — 12 Countries in Southern and Eastern Africa, 2013–2016
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Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - November 30, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Nurses Are Boosting Tanzania ’s HIV Prevention Efforts in the Lake Zone Regions
November 30, 2017" At last, the nation recognizes nurses can do more than nursing care. ”Today about 1.4 million Tanzanians live with HIV, or 4.7% of adults. The country has been struggling with both a high HIV prevalence rate and a shortage of the health workers they need to tackle this challenge.IntraHealth International has been scaling up voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services to help prevent HIV for the past six years in Tanzania, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children; the National AIDS Control Program; and the President ’s Office Regional Admi...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 30, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: mnathe Source Type: news
Scale-Up of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Services for HIV Prevention - 12 Countries in Southern and Eastern Africa, 2013-2016
During 2013-2016, CDC-supported implementation partners performed 4,859,948 voluntary medical male circumcision in 12 countries in Southern and Eastern Africa, a substantial increase from 2010-2012. (Source: PHPartners.org)
Source: PHPartners.org - November 30, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
New Project Uses Data and Determination to Expand Key HIV Services in Eastern Uganda
A health worker at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda takes a blood sample for an HIV test. Photo by Tommy Trenchard for IntraHealth International.November 30, 2017IntraHealth International ’s newest project in Uganda—the USAID Regional Health Integration to Enhance Services in Eastern Uganda Activity (or USAID RHITES-E)—developed a 60-day strategy to help the Eastern Uganda region achieve and surpass some of its annual HIV service goals.Some 1.4 million adults and children are living with HIV in Uganda. The adultprevalence rate is 6.4%, and 28,000 Ugandans died due to AIDS-related causes in 2016. But the gov...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 30, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: intrahealth Source Type: news
U.S.-Funded HIV Prevention Effort Reaps Rewards in Uganda
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Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.S.-Funded HIV Prevention Effort Reaps Rewards in Uganda
THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 2017 -- A program that includes male circumcision and antiviral drug treatment led to a sharp drop in HIV infection rates in a high-risk region of Uganda, researchers report.
Their study of a U.S.-funded HIV prevention program in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 30, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
We Need to Ramp Up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Services to Reach an AIDS-Free Generation
November 29, 2017We should prioritize the scale-up of VMMC interventions. It ' s cost-effective and saves lives.In its first year, IntraHealth International ’sToharaPlus project circumcised enough men in Tanzania to fill the Johannesburg soccer stadium (the largest in Africa) 2.5 times. That ’s225,093 clients, to be exact.Why is this important?Because HIV is the single largest cause of death among men of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa. Scaling up voluntary medical male circumcision (or VMMC) to reach 90% coverage among men ages 10-29 —in addition to the HIV reductions can achieve by reaching the 90-90-90 UNAI...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: intrahealth Source Type: news
Tohara < em > Plus < /em > Scales Up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Services, Reaches 225,093 Men in First Year
Photo by Trevor Snapp for IntraHealth InternationalNovember 29, 2017In Tanzania, 225,093 men and boys have lowered their risk of contracting HIV after seeking out voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) services, provided by IntraHealth International ’s ToharaPlus project in its first year.About1.4 million Tanzanians live with HIV today. And officials estimate that each year, 55,000 more become infected and 33,000 die of AIDS-related causes. TheHIV prevalence among 15-49 year olds is 4.7%, and even higher among pregnant women (5.6%) and key populations (25-36%). Urban (7.2%) and rural (4.3%) prevalence rates also vary...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 29, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: intrahealth Source Type: news
Prepared for the unexpected: How Henri beat C. diff
Henri and his sister, Lucienne
From the time he was born, Henri has been very reactive — to everything.
As a baby, he was allergic to milk and soy, which led to weeping eczema all over his body. His allergies meant frequent ear infections and sinus infections.
As a toddler, he was anemic and underweight. He had two urinary tract infections (UTIs) with fevers.
At age 3, he had a circumcision because of the repeated UTIs.
At age 4, a sinus infection spread to his eye orbit. Every sunscreen on the market gave him (and still gives him) a rash.
At age 5, a bug bite on his ear led to a cartilage infection that required antibio...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 29, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Marie Vedder Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories C-diff fecal transplant gastroenterology Lori Zimmerman Sonia Ballal Source Type: news
Female Circumcision in Sri Lanka Is'Just a Nick,' Not Mutilation - Supporters Female Circumcision in Sri Lanka Is'Just a Nick,' Not Mutilation - Supporters
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Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Rwanda:Mass Non-Surgical Circumcision 'Prepex' Curbing HIV Transmission in Rwanda
[New Times] Kamanzi Alex is one of thousands of Rwanda men who have finally decided to have the cut - get circumcised. He has come for his second and last immunization jab against tetanus prior the procedure at Rwamagana hospital. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 20, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
