tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Circumcision for prevention against HIV: marked seasonal variation in demand and potential public sector readiness in Soweto, South Africa"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Circumcision for prevention against HIV: marked seasonal variation in demand and potential public sector readiness in Soweto, South Africa | Implementation Science BioMed Central Short report Open Access Circumcision for prevention against HIV marked seasonal variation in demand and potential public sector readiness in Soweto South Africa Guy de Bruyn 1 Martin D Smith2 Glenda E Gray1 James A McIntyre1 Russell Wesson2 Gary Dos Passos2 and Neil A Martinson1 3 Address 1Perinatal HIV Research Unit University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa 2Department of Surgery Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa and 3School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD USA Email Guy de Bruyn - debruyng@ Martin D Smith - smithmd@ Glenda E Gray - gray@ James A McIntyre - mcintyre@ Russell Wesson - russwess@ Gary Dos Passos - gdospassos@ Neil A Martinson - martinson@ Corresponding author Published 25 January 2007 Received 24 August 2006 Implementation Science 2007 2 2 doi l 748-5908-2-2 Accepted 25 January 2007 This article is available from http content 2 1 2 2007 de Bruyn et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract The public sector delivery of male circumcision in the only public sector hospital in Soweto South Africa was examined to gauge local capacity to deliver this procedure as an intervention for prevention of HIV acquisition. During the period from July 1998 to March 2006 approximately 360 procedures were performed per annum. Striking seasonal variations and the relatively few procedures performed may create challenges for program planning if male circumcision is increased to a level required to have an impact on the incidence of HIV among this population. Findings A .