Paediatric or adult male circumcision is a common procedure worldwide, performed to address conditions such as phimosis, or to reduce the risks of penile cancer and transmission of HIV. A surgical ...

Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces heterosexual HIV acquisition; therefore, the WHO has issued recommendations to implement VMMC throughout East and Southern Africa Most adult VMMCs ...

Dubbed the world’s “oldest planned surgical procedure” by 20th century anthropologist Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, circumcision’s roots can be traced to religious and cultural traditions dating back ...

Scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of male circumcision—surgical removal of the foreskin from the penis—dates back hundreds of years to observations made by physicians of their ...

Without social pressure, most people give little thought to male circumcision. This simple surgical procedure removes the foreskin, a hood of skin covering the head of the resting (flaccid) penis. But ...

The current position of the American Academy of Pediatrics is that in the United States, the available evidence suggests that the benefits of elective newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks.