Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Voluntary medical male circumcision is a one-time, safe, highly cost-effective, biomedical, HIV prevention intervention supported by a robust evidence base of more than 40 observational studies and three randomised trials that showed circumcision reduces HIV acquisition in self-identified heterosexual men by approximately 60%, an effect that is sustained years after the procedure.1 Male circumcision also decreases the risk of heterosexual men acquiring other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including genital ulcer disease, syphilis, herpes simplex virus type 2, and human papillomavirus (HPV).
Source: The Lancet Global Health
Authors: Jillian Pintye, Jared M Baeten
Institution: University of Washington
Language: English
Topic: Genital Health and Disease
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $5,000
OpenAlex ID: W2920978463