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53. Drain PK et al. Male circumcision, religion and infectious diseases: an ecologic analysis of 118 developing countries. BMC Infect Dis, 2006, 6(1):172. 54. Williams BG et al. The potential impact of male circumcision on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS Med, 2006, 3(7):262. 55. International religious freedom report for 2004.
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In New Zealand routine circumcision for which there is no medical indication is uncommon and no longer publicly funded within the public hospital system. [99] In a study of men born in 1972–1973 in Dunedin, 40.2% were circumcised. [100] In a study of men born in 1977 in Christchurch, 26.1% were circumcised. [101]
Actor Melusi Yeni became the 1 millionth VMMC against HIV/AIDS transmission in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [29]There is a consensus among the world's major medical organizations and in the academic literature that circumcision is an efficacious intervention for HIV prevention in high-risk populations if carried out by medical professionals under safe conditions.
Lebollo la banna is a Sesotho term for male initiation.. Lebollo is a cultural and traditional practice that transitions boys in the Basotho society to manhood. It is a rite of passage where bashanyana or bashemane (transl. "uncircumcised boys") pass puberty and enter adulthood to become monna (transl. "men") by circumcision.
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Penis before and after circumcision. Circumcision is the removal of the foreskin, the double-layered fold of skin, mucosal and muscular tissue at the distal end of the human penis. [33] Around half of all circumcisions worldwide are performed for reasons of preventive healthcare; half for religious or cultural reasons.
Circumcision is rare in Europe, East Asia, as well as in India. Christians in the East and West Indies (excluding the Philippines) do not practice it. Circumcision is also widely practiced among Christian communities in Philippines, South Korea, [42] Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, and North Africa. [43] [44]