The male circumcision: the oldest ancient procedure, its past, present and future roles

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dc.creatorMwashambwa, Masumbuko Y.
dc.creatorMwampagatwa, Ipyana H.
dc.creatorRastagaev, Alexender
dc.creatorGesase, Ainory P.
dc.date2021-05-26T08:09:15Z
dc.date2021-05-26T08:09:15Z
dc.date2013
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T14:01:47Z
dc.date.available2022-10-20T14:01:47Z
dc.descriptionAbstract. Full text article available at https://doi.org/10.4314/thrb.v15i3.8
dc.descriptionCircumcision, a surgical removal of male prepuce has existed throughout human history, and it appears it shall exist until humanity ends. During its entire existence, there have been changing reasons or indications from cultural, traditional, religious and currently medical, and it has vehemently been criticized by some individuals for different reasons and in different countries. Emergency of new diseases particularly Human Immunodeficient virus (HIV) has brought the ancient procedure back on spot light, this has come as a result of recent studies which have demonstrated that it does not only reduces significantly the rate of HIV infection, as well as penile cancer and cervical cancer. This has lead to massive male circumcision campaigns in areas with low prevalence of circumcision. On the other hand the socio-cultural and sexual aspects of male circumcision have been studied but often ignored. This article will therefore increase awareness of male circumcision and the increasing roles with time, recommend up scaling of medical male circumcision and possible safe circumcision training to tradition circumcisers.
dc.identifierMwashambwa, M. Y., Mwampagatwa, I. H., Rastagaev, A., & Gesase, A. P. (2013). The male circumcision: the oldest ancient procedure, its past, present and future roles. Tanzania Journal of Health Research, 15(3).
dc.identifierDOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/thrb.v15i3.8
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3223
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3223
dc.languageen
dc.publisherHealth Research User's Trust Fund
dc.subjectMale circumcision
dc.subjectSocio-culture
dc.subjectCircumcision
dc.subjectHuman Immunodeficient virus
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectHIV infection
dc.subjectPenile cancer
dc.titleThe male circumcision: the oldest ancient procedure, its past, present and future roles
dc.typeArticle

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