Government is looking to fast track the introduction of a non-surgical medical male circumcision device, PrePex, that officials believe will decrease the number of deaths and injuries caused by unsafe ...
The cost-effective PrePex device encourages more governments to purchase the devices and scale-up their Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision programs MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Nov. 29, 2016 ...
The World Health Organization is set to approve expanded use of an Israeli developed device that allows medical workers to perform “painless circumcisions.” The PrePex device, created by Israel-based ...
Governments of 14 priority countries, identified by the World Health Organization (WHO), will be able to procure the device at $12 USD per unit in accordance with Circ MedTech's policy. The public ...
Medical male circumcision is being promoted as one of the key HIV prevention strategies. While the procedure has largely been conducted surgically, new nonsurgical options such as the use of PrePex, ...
Circumcision can reduce HIV risk in men by up to 60%. In 2009, there were 22.5 million cases of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. There are, in other words, a lot of people in Africa who could benefit from ...
The PrePex device used in male circumcision is safe, say experts. The decision follows a three month study to assess the safety and acceptability of device-assisted adult male circumcision in routine ...
The day of the assembly-line circumcision is drawing closer. Now that three studies have shown that circumcising adult heterosexual men is one of the most effective “vaccines” against AIDS — reducing ...
It’s a lofty, but vital goal. Africa wants to circumcise 20 million men by 2015 to help curb the AIDS epidemic plaguing the continent. Studies show that the procedure is one of the most effective ...
An ambitious campaign in 15 high-risk countries in sub-Saharan Africa to foster an AIDS-free generation by circumcising 20 million men and boys by 2016 may depend on a new small inexpensive device ...
The Prepex center of excellence at Rwanda Military hospital has been at the forefront in the circumcision of the male youth, and some adults to improve the reproductive health of the male population ...
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