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 health department plans to have "formal talks" with traditional leaders about the possibility of introducing a new nonsurgical device to circumcision ceremonies, according to national HIV director ...
Initiates pose in a field in Qunu, in the Eastern Cape December 14, 2013. Every year, thousands of youths leave their parents to spend weeks in the care of traditional leaders at an initiation school ...
Circ MedTech's CEO, Eddy Horowitz said: "The expanded use of PrePex for younger ages will sustain Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) programs in the 14 Sub-Saharan Africa priority countries ...
The PrePex circumcision device causes ischemie necrosis of the foreskin, raising concerns of anaerobic overgrowth. We compared the subpreputial microbiome of 2 men 7 days after PrePex device placement ...
In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS cited that Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision can reduce the risk of HIV infection by approximately 60 percent in high risk areas such as Sub ...
Health officials have approved a first-of-its-kind, non-surgical circumcision device hailed as a potential game-changer in the battle to forestall the spread of AIDS in Africa. The PrePex is the only ...
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 ...
GOVERNMENT will soon introduce a less painful and blood-free circumcision method as it steps up efforts to circumcise three million males by 2015. The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare in ...
Kisumu, Kenya: Prepex device used in voluntary male circumcision in Nyanza meets international standards, World Health Organization (WHO) has declared. Nyanza Reproductive Health Society (NRHS) ...
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 ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently approved the PrePex™ device for male circumcision. The PrePex™ is the first non-surgical instrument to receive prequalification status from the WHO, ...