Colloquium on Circumcision

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.

Download the presentations here:

Session 1

1. Male circumcision for HIV prevention: overview and status leading up to RCT evidence,
   Guy de Bruyn [pdf: 979kb]
2. The impact of male circumcision on the female-to-male transmission of HIV (Orange Farm study results),
   Adrian Puren [pdf: 80.2kb]
3. Complications of traditional circumcision in transkei,
   Profs Mazwai and Bustamante [pdf: 707kb]

Session 2 - Scale up: what is required?

1. Potential of circumcision,
   Daniel Halperin [pdf: 1.5mb]
2. Circumcision: training, resources and expertise,
   Prof Veller [pdf: 71.3kb]
3. Circumcision methods,
   Dr Lakhoo [pdf: 1.35mb]
4. Nurses doing circumcision?
   Ms Nkeko Tshabangu [pdf: 62.2kb]
5. Anaesthesia for circumcision,
   Dr Hammerschlag [pdf: 1.38mb]
6. Methods and pitfalls from Orange Farm,
   Dr George Shilaluke [pdf: 3.08mb]

Session 3

1. Implications for large HIV prevention trials: standard of care,
   Prof Glenda Gray [pdf: 482kb]
2. Targeting children (a public health perspective),
   Prof Saloojee [pdf: 614kb]
3. Circumcision as a public health issue: some cultural considerations, Nokuthula Skhosana [pdf: 81.3kb]
4. Male circumcision: human rights, legal and ethical issues,
   Mark Heywood [pdf: 51.5kb]
5. Reality check: circumcision, South Africa and HIV/Aids,
   Warren Parker [pdf: 53.4kb]

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