Attitudes toward Female Circumcision among Men and Women in Two Districts in Somalia: Is It Time to Rethink Our Eradication Strategy in Somalia? by Abdi A. Gele, Bente P. Bø, Johanne Sundby

“…The support for the continuation of Sunna circumcision is widespread, while there is a quite large rejection of Pharaonic circumcision. …”
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Circumcision Complications Associated with the Plastibell Device and Conventional Dissection Surgery: A Trial of 586 Infants of Ages up to 12 Months by Seyed Abdollah Mousavi, Ebrahim Salehifar

“…Conventional dissection surgery (CDS) or using the Plastibell device (PD) is the method most frequently employed for circumcision. The aim of this study was to evaluate two methods in terms of the incidence of complications in infants of ages up to 12 months. …”
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Long-term Conservative Follow-up in Children with High-grade Vesicoureteral Reflux and an Abnormal Dimercaptosuccinic Acid Scan by Pankaj V Deshpande

Subjects: “…circumcision…”
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Uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision among men with sexually transmitted infections in Lilongwe, Malawi: a protocol for a pre-interventional and post-interventional study by Mina C Hosseinipour, Mitch M Matoga, Sara Jewett, Charles Chasela

“…Introduction Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is one of the key interventions for HIV prevention. …”
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Progress in voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention supported by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief through 2017: longitudinal and recent cross-sectional programme data by Carlos Toledo, Melissa Habel, Stephanie M Davis, Jonas Z Hines, Jonathan M Grund, Renee Ridzon, Brittney Baack, Jonathan Davitte, Anne Thomas, Valerian Kiggundu, Naomi Bock, Paran Pordell, Caroline Cooney, Irum Zaidi

“…Objective This article provides an overview and interpretation of the performance of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief’s (PEPFAR’s) male circumcision programme which has supported the majority of voluntary medical male circumcisions (VMMCs) performed for HIV prevention, from its 2007 inception to 2017, and client characteristics in 2017.Design Longitudinal collection of routine programme data and disaggregations.Setting 14 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with low baseline male circumcision coverage, high HIV prevalence and PEPFAR-supported VMMC programmes.Participants Clients of PEPFAR-supported VMMC programmes directed at males aged 10 years and above.Main outcome measures Numbers of circumcisions performed and disaggregations by age band, result of HIV test offer, procedure technique and follow-up visit attendance.Results PEPFAR supported a total of 15 269 720 circumcisions in 14 countries in Southern and Eastern Africa. …”
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Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision's (VMMC) strategy for HIV prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa, prevalence, risks, costs, benefits and best practice: A scoping review study protocol of progress and unfolding insights. by Charles Maibvise, Takaedza Munangatire, Nestor Tomas, Daniel O Ashipala, Priscilla S Dlamini

“…Campaigns to scale up Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) for the prevention of HIV transmission has been going on for years in selected Southern African countries, following recommendations from the World Health Organisations. …”
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Acceptability, feasibility and appropriateness of intensified health education, SMS/phone tracing and transport reimbursement for uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in a sexually transmitted infections clinic in Malawi: A mixed methods study. by Mitch M Matoga, Evaristar Kudowa, Mercy Tsidya, Jennifer Tseka, Beatrice Ndalama, Naomi Bonongwe, Esther Mathiya, Edward Jere, Dumbo Yatina, Blessings Kamtambe, Mina C Hosseinipour, Charles S Chasela, Sara Jewett

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) remains a challenge in many settings. …”
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Iatrogenic Penile Glans Amputation: Major Novel Reconstructive Procedure by Rami Nasr, Samer L. Traboulsi, Rami R. Abou Ghaida, Joseph Bakhach

“…Circumcision is a very common urological practice. Even though it is relatively safe, it is not a complication-free procedure. …”
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Postcircumcisional Ischemia of the Glans Penis Treated with Pentoxifylline by Ersagun Karaguzel, Dogan S. Tok, Ilke O. Kazaz, Metin Gur, Fatih Colak, Omer Kutlu, Guner K. Ozgur

“…PTX treatment should be kept in mind as an alternative treatment modality in ischemia of the glans penis which is a serious potential post-circumcision complication.…”
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Recurrent Peri-Clitoral Abscess with Positive Actinomyces turicensis Culture by Diana Palacios, Cristina Wallace Huff

“…The cause of spontaneous peri-clitoral abscess not associated with female circumcision/genital mutilation is generally unknown. …”
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Communal discernment in the early church by Pieter G. R. de Villiers

“… This article investigates the often-neglected communal dimension of discernment by focusing on the way in which the early church responded to the controversy about the circumcision for gentiles in Acts 15. It analyses how discernment takes place mostly in times of ambiguity and crisis in which a faith community is challenged to seek the divine will. …”
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The power of youth by Giordano Marmone

“…Musical activity, with its ability to bring distinguished personalities to light from before the age of circumcision, occupies a very central place in this power-assertion process at the individual level. …”
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Penile Epidermal Inclusion Cyst by M. El-Shazly, A. Ghobashy, A. Allam, T. Alenezy, N. Alenezy, E. Yordanov, B. Hathout, R. Albunnai

“…This was a complication of circumcision that was neglected over years to form stones and urethrocutaneous fistula. …”
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An integrated public health approach for a successful strategy against HIV: The case of Swaziland by Yacob Habboush, Noor Daoud

“…This is due to the multiple well-implemented programs that are targeting the different components of HIV transmission including condom availability, HIV education, sex education, male circumcision, and pre-exposure prophylaxis. Although the prevalence of HIV is stabilizing, there are multiple gaps that need to be addressed by new programs to ensure that the prevalence remains stable and aim to decrease it in the future by providing the appropriate antiretroviral treatment and better access to healthcare. …”
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Glanuloplasty with Oral Mucosa Graft following Total Glans Penis Amputation by Kwaku Appiah, George Amoah, Roland Azorliade, Kofi Gyasi-Sarpong, Ken Aboah, Douglas Arthur, Baah Nyamekye, Kwaku Otu-Boateng, Patrick Maison, Benjamin Twumasi-Frimpong, Issac Opoku Antwi, Edwin Yenli

“…This is a report on the technique of neoglans reconstruction in a patient with amputated glans penis following guillotine neonatal circumcision. A 4 cm long and 2 cm wide lower lip oral mucosa graft was harvested and used to graft the distal 2 cm of the corporal bodies after 2 cm of the distal penile skin had been excised. …”
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Photodynamic therapy with hematoporphyrin derivative for the treatment of penile verrucous carcinoma: A case report by Runqun Liu, Xiaoqing Xiang, Yanliang Li, Guozhang Ma, Junhong Ye

“…Syphilis and HIV tests were negative, and a biopsy confirmed verrucous carcinoma.The patient underwent initial circumcision at a local hospital, but persistent lesions raised concerns about further surgery impairing sexual function and anatomical integrity. …”
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Patient and parent satisfaction after surgical repair of concealed penis in children by Amr Mehrez, Osama El Gamal, Mohamed Adel Omar, Mohamed Elmaadawy, Salah Nagla

“…Postoperative satisfaction with penile morphology according to obesity and circumcision before surgical repair was significantly different between patients (P < 0.05). …”
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Young men’s barriers to and facilitators of utilising HIV-testing services in South Africa by Sithembiso M.S. Ndlovu, Andrew Ross, James Ndirangu

“…Unsafe sexual encounters, voluntary medical male circumcision, early virus-detection, having a significant other living with HIV, and HIV-status curiosity encouraged young men to utilise HTS. …”
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Knowledge and Attitude on Obstetric Effects of Female Genital Mutilation among Maasai Women in Maternity Ward at Loitokitok Sub-County Hospital, Kenya by Keddy Wanjiru Muchene, Irene Gacheri Mageto, Joyce Jebet Cheptum

“…Majority of the respondents, 81% (n=51), had negative attitude towards FGM and 87% (n=31) would not encourage their daughters to be circumcised. Most of them, 64% (n=23), disagreed that circumcision made one a respectable woman. …”
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Maqāṣid Al-Sunnah Within the Framework of Maqāṣid Al-Sharī’ah: A Conceptual Analysis by Dzulfaidhi Hakimie Dzulraidi, Norazam Khair Mohd Ithnin, Ishak Suliaman

“…Al-Ghazālī (d. 505 H), in his work Iḥyā ʿUlūm al-Dīn, is one of the earliest figures to mention the concept of Maqāṣid al-Sunnah using the term Maqāṣid al-Nubuwwah to describe the objective of legislating female circumcision. In contrast to Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah, there is still less discussion on Maqāṣid al-Sunnah. …”
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