Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision

BJ Morris, RG Wamai, EB Henebeng… - Population health …, 2016 - Springer
Background Male circumcision (MC) status and genital infection risk are interlinked and MC
is now part of HIV prevention programs worldwide. Current MC prevalence is not known for …

A systematic review: Empowerment interventions to reduce domestic violence?

Z Kiani, M Simbar, FR Fakari, S Kazemi… - Aggression and violent …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The World Health Organization defines domestic violence against
women as a major health problem. Domestic violence is a consequence of a lack of power …

Spatial analysis of factors associated with HIV infection among young people in Uganda, 2011

LA Chimoyi, E Musenge - BMC public health, 2014 - Springer
Background The HIV epidemic in East Africa is of public health importance with an
increasing number of young people getting infected. This study sought to identify spatial …

Human papillomavirus vaccination and sexual disinhibition in females: a systematic review

P Madhivanan, D Pierre-Victor, S Mukherjee… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Context Some parents believe human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination increases the
chance of risky sexual behaviors among adolescents. This review summarizes the evidence …

The Spear and Shield intervention to increase the availability and acceptability of voluntary medical male circumcision in Zambia: a cluster randomised controlled trial

SM Weiss, R Zulu, DL Jones, CA Redding, R Cook… - The lancet HIV, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Widespread voluntary medical male circumcision in Africa could avert an
estimated 3· 436 million HIV infections and 300 000 deaths over the next 10 years. Most …

Evidence that promotion of male circumcision did not lead to sexual risk compensation in prioritized Sub-Saharan countries

CF Shi, M Li, J Dushoff - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background WHO and UNAIDS prioritized 14 eastern and southern African countries with
high HIV and low male circumcision prevalence for a voluntary medical male circumcision …

Estimates of the prevalence of male circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa from 2010–2023—A systematic review and meta-analysis

B Elsayed, M Elmarasi, RJ Madzime, L Mapahla… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background Male circumcision (MC) is a key part of the package of interventions to prevent
HIV, the biggest health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. Objective To estimate the male …

Factors associated with multiple sexual partners among first-year students in a South African university

GN Osuafor, CE Okoli - African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2021 - ajol.info
University students are at greatest risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases and HIV,
due to multiple sex partners. However, first-year students are arguably, the most susceptible …

A comparison of sexual risk behaviours and HIV seroprevalence among circumcised and uncircumcised men before and after implementation of the safe male …

SPS Kibira, IF Sandøy, M Daniel, LM Atuyambe… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Although male circumcision reduces the heterosexual HIV transmission risk, its
effect may be attenuated if circumcised men increase sexual risk behaviours (SRB) due to …

No evidence that HPV vaccination leads to sexual risk compensation

BT Hansen - Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Uptake of the HPV vaccine has been lower than the uptake of most other childhood vaccines
offered in public programs. Since the HPV vaccine protects against a sexually transmitted …