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This response document will briefly address concerns about the ethical, legal and methodological flaws with past research informing aspects of present PEPFAR program areas; concerns about adverse consequences of PEPFAR program areas; and concerns about the absence of oversight of the activities...
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examines the behavioral response to male circumcision, a major HIV prevention policy currently being implemented throughout … this finding: circumcision may reduce fatalism about acquiring HIV/AIDS and increase the salience of the tradeoff between … not operate through the circumcision recipient's belief about the reduction in the risk of acquiring HIV. …
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Mass adult male circumcision campaigns for HIV prevention are underway across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. However …. This paper examines the be- havioral response to male circumcision in Kisumu, Kenya. Contrary to the presumption of risk … risky sexual behavior. We suggest a mechanism for this finding: circumcision reduces fatalism about acquiring HIV/AIDS and …
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Mass adult male circumcision campaigns for HIV prevention are underway across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. However …. This paper examines the be- havioral response to male circumcision in Kisumu, Kenya. Contrary to the presumption of risk … risky sexual behavior. We suggest a mechanism for this finding: circumcision reduces fatalism about acquiring HIV/AIDS and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370953
Mass adult male circumcision campaigns for HIV prevention are underway across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. However …. This paper examines the be- havioral response to male circumcision in Kisumu, Kenya. Contrary to the presumption of risk … risky sexual behavior. We suggest a mechanism for this finding: circumcision reduces fatalism about acquiring HIV/AIDS and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357862
Twelve percent of the Malawian population is HIV infected. Eighteen percent of sexual encounters are casual. A condom is used a third of the time. To analyze the Malawian epidemic, a choice-theoretic general equilibrium search model is constructed. In the developed framework, people select...
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Although male circumcision (MC) has been a widespread practice in some regions, while relatively new in others, it has …
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Background:Background: Male circumcision (MC) has become an important weapon in the fight against HIV/AIDS in many Sub …-Saharan African countries. The successful implementation of a national MC program requires the design of circumcision services that …
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Twelve percent of the Malawian population is HIV infected. Eighteen percent of sexual encounters are casual. A condom is used a third of the time. To analyze the Malawian epidemic, a choice-theoretic general equilibrium search model is constructed. In the developed framework, people select...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011897628
Precision medicine or personalized medicine refers to the customization of medical treatment based on the ability to classify individuals into subpopulations that differ in susceptibility to a particular disease or in response to a specific treatment. This new perception about diagnosis and...
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