Colloquium on circumcision (6 June 2006)
The PHRU in conjunction with the Department of Surgery at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital hosted a colloquium on circumcision on 6 June 2006.
We felt that was an appropriate time to do so on the eve of interim results from two randomised trials in Africa that may confirm the findings of a recently published trial conducted in Orange Farm.
If the two trials do confirm these exciting results, then attention will have to be paid to scaling up and implementing circumcision on a wide scale.
Session 1
- Male circumcision for HIV prevention: overview and status leading up to RCT evidence, Guy de Bruyn
[pdf: 979kb] - The impact of male circumcision on the female-to-male transmission of HIV (Orange Farm study results), Adrian Puren
[pdf: 80.2kb] - Complications of traditional circumcision in transkei, Profs Mazwai and Bustamante
[pdf: 707kb]
Session 2 - Scale up: what is required?
- Potential of circumcision, Daniel Halperin
[pdf: 1.5mb] - Circumcision: training, resources and expertise, Prof Veller
[pdf: 71.3kb] - Circumcision methods, Dr Lakhoo
[pdf: 1.35mb] - Nurses doing circumcision? Ms Nkeko Tshabangu
[pdf: 62.2kb] - Anaesthesia for circumcision,Dr Hammerschlag
[pdf: 1.38mb] - Methods and pitfalls from Orange Farm,Dr George Shilaluke
[pdf: 3.08mb]
Session 3
- Implications for large HIV prevention trials: standard of care,Prof Glenda Gray
[pdf: 482kb] - Targeting children (a public health perspective), Prof Saloojee
[pdf: 614kb] - Circumcision as a public health issue: some cultural considerations, Nokuthula Skhosana
[pdf: 81.3kb] - Male circumcision: human rights, legal and ethical issues, Mark Heywood
[pdf: 51.5kb] - Reality check: circumcision, South Africa and HIV/Aids, Warren Parker
[pdf: 53.4kb]