TY - JOUR AB - <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 6pt 14.15pt 6pt 14.2pt; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif; color: black;">As the impervious HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to ravage the regions of the world, with an estimated 33.4 million people battling the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), there is an unprecedented need to heap on HIV prevention methods. Male circumcision is one of such preventive measures.&nbsp;&nbsp;This paper critically reviews the evidence that adult male circumcision is efficacious in HIV prevention, while exploring its feasibility and acceptability in sub-Saharan Africa. This is a critical analysis of the literature.</span><span style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif; color: black;">&nbsp;Relevant citations were selected after a search of EMBASE and MEDLINE using the terms HIV/AIDS and circumcision.</span><span style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif; color: black;">&nbsp;Biological and various observational studies suggest reduced HIV acquisition risk in circumcised men.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is consolidated by additional evidence from three randomized controlled trials in sub-Saharan Africa. There is strong evidence that safe male circumcision in HIV prevention is feasible, effective and acceptable; hence could be added to the arsenal of HIV prevention packages in high-incidence settings. However, to maximize infections-averted, a much broader evidence base is called for in terms of optimal ways of improving behavioural change and operational management</span><span style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif; color: black;">.</span><span style="font-family: Sylfaen, serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> AU - Omobolanle Kazeem DA - 2010/12// DO - 10.5526/esj125 IS - 1 VL - 3 PB - University of Essex Library Services PY - 2010 TI - Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention T2 - Essex Student Journal UR - http://publications.essex.ac.uk/esj/article/id/181/ ER -