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UNICEF promotes the circumcision of children as HIV prevention policy.<ref>
UNICEF promotes the circumcision of children as HIV prevention policy.<ref>{{REFwebQuote
{{cite web
  | quote=[...] the Government and UNICEF are working together to introduce infant male circumcision [...]
  | url = http://www.unicef.org/esaro/5482_7884.html
| last=
  | title = Medical male circumcision
| first=
  | accessdate = 2011-04-29
  | publisher=UNICEF
  | work = Eastern and Southern Africa
  | year=
  | publisher = Unicef
  | urltitle=Eastern and Southern Africa: Medical male circumcision
  | quote = the Government and UNICEF are working together to introduce infant male circumcision
  | url=http://www.unicef.org/esaro/5482_7884.html
}}
  | accessdate=2011-04-29
</ref>
}}</ref>


== ''Children & AIDS'' brochure ==
== ''Children & AIDS'' brochure ==


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|quote = Young people everywhere need accurate and relevant information about sexual and reproductive health and HIV transmission, as well as opportunities to build risk-reduction skills. They also need access to appropriate HIV prevention services, including voluntary counseling and testing, harm reduction, sexual and reproductive health services, PMTCT and <span style="background:#d7f5ff">male circumcision</span>, and to commodities including condoms.
| Text=Young people everywhere need accurate and relevant information about sexual and reproductive health and HIV transmission, as well as opportunities to build risk-reduction skills. They also need access to appropriate HIV prevention services, including voluntary counseling and testing, harm reduction, sexual and reproductive health services, PMTCT and <span style="background:#d7f5ff">male circumcision</span>, and to commodities including condoms.
|source = [http://www.unicef.org/aids/files/ChildrenAIDS_SecondStocktakingReport.pdf Key Messages of Chapter 3. ''Children and AIDS.'' pg.15 (2008)]
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| ref=<ref>[http://www.unicef.org/aids/files/ChildrenAIDS_SecondStocktakingReport.pdf Key Messages of Chapter 3. ''Children and AIDS.'' pg.15 (2008)]</ref>
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== Swaziland ==
== Swaziland ==
UNAIDS is working with the Swaziland Ministry of Health to introduce and scale up neonatal circumcision.<ref>
{{cite news
| first = Meredith
| last = Mazzotta
| title = Swaziland embarks on ambitious plan to circumcise 80 percent of men 18 to 49 this year | date = 2011-03-04
| url = http://sciencespeaksblog.org/2011/03/04/swaziland-embarks-on-ambitious-plan-to-circumcise-80-percent-of-men-18-to-49-this-year/
| work = Science Speaks: HIV & TB News
| accessdate = 2011-05-06
| quote = The Ministry of Health, supported principally by UNICEF and PEPFAR, is currently working to introduce and scale up neonatal circumcision.
}}
</ref>


Point of Interest: In recent studies, HIV transmission was found to be more prevalent in circumcised males in Swaziland. The drive to circumcise the majority of Swazi men continues none the less.<ref>
UNAIDS is working with the Swaziland Ministry of Health to introduce and scale up neonatal circumcision.<ref>{{REFnews
{{cite journal
| last=Mazzotta
  | title = Swaziland Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07
| first=Meredith
  | journal = Mbabane, Swaziland: Central Statistical Office and Macro International Inc.
| coauthors=
  | date = 2008
| url=http://sciencespeaksblog.org/2011/03/04/swaziland-embarks-on-ambitious-plan-to-circumcise-80-percent-of-men-18-to-49-this-year/
  | id =
| title=Swaziland embarks on ambitious plan to circumcise 80 percent of men 18 to 49 this year
  | url = http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR202/FR202.pdf
| date=2011-03-04
| accessdate = 2011-05-06
| publisher=Science Speaks: HIV & TB News
  | quote = As Table 14.10 shows, the relationship between HIV prevalence and circumcision status is not in the expected direction. Circumcised men have a slightly higher HIV infection rate than men who are not circumcised (22 percent compared with 20 percent)
| quote=The Ministry of Health, supported principally by UNICEF and PEPFAR, is currently working to introduce and scale up neonatal circumcision.
}}
| accessdate=2011-05-06
</ref>
}}</ref>
 
Point of Interest: In recent studies, HIV transmission was found to be more prevalent in circumcised males in Swaziland. The drive to circumcise the majority of Swazi men continues none the less.<ref>{{REFjournal
| last=
| first=
| coauthors=
| pubyear=2008
  | title=Swaziland Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07
  | journal=Mbabane, Swaziland: Central Statistical Office and Macro International Inc.
  | volume=
| issue=
  | pages=
  | url=http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR202/FR202.pdf
  | quote=As Table 14.10 shows, the relationship between HIV prevalence and circumcision status is not in the expected direction. Circumcised men have a slightly higher HIV infection rate than men who are not circumcised (22 percent compared with 20 percent)
| accessdate=2011-05-06
}}</ref>


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