I’m hardly a medical device expert. So I felt a bit uncomfortable Tuesday sitting on a panel of venture capitalists and engineers judging the “Three-in-Five” competition at the University of Minnesota ...

December 16, 2011 — Rwanda might be closer to meeting its goal of offering voluntary male circumcision to 2 million adult men in 2 years as part of a comprehensive HIV prevention initiative, according ...

In the name of HIV prevention, a relatively new adult male circumcision device that is bloodless and purportedly painless is about to get its biggest test yet. In the world of HIV prevention, ...

Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces heterosexual HIV acquisition; therefore, the WHO has issued recommendations to implement VMMC throughout East and Southern Africa Most adult VMMCs ...

Circumcision is a surgical operation to remove the foreskin of the penis. An adult may decide to undergo this procedure for religious, cosmetic, medical, or cultural reasons. Circumcision is fairly ...

NEW YORK (July 31, 2008) -- With the recent endorsement by the World Health Organization (WHO) and scientists worldwide of adult male circumcision as an important strategy for HIV prevention, there is ...

Delegates at the 19th International Aids conference in Washington, DC, in the United States this week were convinced the world was on the cusp of a major advance against HIV and that a medical device, ...

Circumcision is the surgical removal of foreskin. Foreskin covers the head of a flaccid penis. When the penis is erect, the foreskin pulls back to reveal the penis. During a circumcision, a doctor ...

About 96 000 circumcision devices procured under a controversial national treasury tender are about to be rolled out to clinics in KwaZulu-Natal. The tender is being challenged in court with ...

Paediatric or adult male circumcision is a common procedure worldwide, performed to address conditions such as phimosis, or to reduce the risks of penile cancer and transmission of HIV. A surgical ...