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- The Coronavirus and the Complexity of the Intactivist Movement
- RETURNING GUEST AUTHOR: COVID-19 Opportunity - A Call to Action
- New Educational Film On Circumcision Makes the Scene
- CORONAVIRUS: Elective Surgery Including Infant Circumcision Being Delayed
- DETROIT: FGM Now Legal in US
- The State of Affairs for Joseph4gi
- Twitter Censoring Joseph4GI
- His Body, His Rights – Bonobo3D
- Equal Rights for Boys
- Save the Next Generation
- Circumcision - Reinforces Harmful Stereotypes
- I Had To Witness A Circumcision
- Circumcision: Trauma, Psychological Effects, Cultural Beliefs
- Circumcision: Cultural & Media Bias, Long-term Psychological Effects
- Reliving Circumcision: Disruption of Infant Mother Bond, Effects on Relationships
- Circumcision: Taking Action, Cultural Denial and Media Censorship
- Jewish Circumcision Ritual and Jews Who Say No
- Circumcision: Trauma as Motivating Factor and Avoidance of Debate
- Circumstitions News
- FLORIDA: Last charge dropped against mother of spite-circumcised son
- ZIMBABWE: Youth tries to cut off his own foreskin after being teased
- CHILE: Officials oppose 'normalisation' surgery of intersex children
- EASTERN CAPE: Death Toll at 23
- MALAYSIA: Boy loses penis-head in botched medical cutting
- KENYA: Boy faces loss of his penis after botched medical cutting
- KENYA: Knife-rapists go door-to-door
- EASTERN CAPE: 9 male genital cutting deaths so far this season
- JAKARTA: Why female genital cutting is so common in Indonesia
- COPENHAGEN: Danish doctors come out against infant male genital cutting
Tag Archives: WHO
IAS 2011: Encounters with circumcision advocates/program directors
On the second day of the International AIDS Society Conference in Rome, we talked to two people in important positions. The two circumcision advocates/program coordinators offered a despairing glimpse into the future on the one hand and offered us hope … Continue reading
NOTEBOOK: Influencing the Discussion on Male Circumcision and HIV
In order to effectively slow down the roll-out of male circumcision, it will be necessary to determine a set of crucial points of discussion. The damage that male circumcision causes is gaining a wider audience [see posts from 4/30, 5/2, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged AIDS, circumcision, female circumcision, female genital mutilation, genital mutilation, HIV, male genital mutilation, public health policy, UNAIDS, WHO
RESEARCHERS:: When developing “evidence-based” guidelines, the World Health Organization routinely forgets one key ingredient, evidence
“The problem is that good intentions and plausible theories aren’t sufficient.” – Dr. Andrew Oxman, of the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services And so it goes, as the late Kurt Vonnegut would have said. Just a few short weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Medicine
Tagged AIDS, circumcision, HIV, The Lancet, WHO
UNAIDS and WHO get into the circumcision business
Where to begin with this one? The breathlessness is reminiscent of the hysteria surrounding masturbation that caused the circumcision panic in the United States in the late 19th century. Even before making the case, the WHO and UNAIDS spokespersons have … Continue reading
NOTEBOOK: The majors convene this week in Europe to debate the meaning of the circumcision studies
March 6-8 will see a major convention of the world HIV/AIDS organizations to debate the meaning of circumcision. I found the issues outlined in the next page to be particularly compelling. Click through to have a look. Reader comments would … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Medicine
Tagged AIDS, circumcision, HIV, stakeholders, UNAIDS, WHO
