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|author-link=Helen Weiss | |||
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|title=Complications of circumcision in male neonates, infants and children: a systematic review | |title=Complications of circumcision in male neonates, infants and children: a systematic review | ||
|journal=BMC Urol | |journal=BMC Urol | ||
|volume= | |volume=10 | ||
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|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20158883?dopt=Abstract | |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20158883?dopt=Abstract | ||
|pubmedID=20158883 | |pubmedID=20158883 | ||
|pubmedCID= | |pubmedCID=PMC2835667 | ||
|DOI= | |DOI=10.1186/1471-2490-10-2 | ||
|date=2010-02-16 | |date=2010-02-16 | ||
|accessdate= | |accessdate=2020-04-23 | ||
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Weiss is member of the 2018 Guideline Development Group (GDG) of the [[WHO]]. The GDG's task is to develop updated recommendations on safe male circumcision for HIV prevention and related service delivery for adolescent boys and men in generalized HIV epidemics.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/news/gdg-male-circumcision/en/ | |url=https://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/news/gdg-male-circumcision/en/ | ||
|title=WHO to develop new guidelines on male circumcision | |title=WHO to develop new guidelines on male circumcision | ||
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Professor Helen Weiss is Director of the MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. A statistical epidemiologist by training, her research focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of HIV and mental health disorders in low and middle-income countries. She has a particular interest in adolescent health research and is collaborating on projects evaluating strategies to improve HIV-related outcomes among adolescents living with HIV. She is currently leads a study to pilot an intervention to improve menstrual hygiene management in Uganda. | Professor Helen Weiss is Director of the MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. A statistical epidemiologist by training, her research focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of HIV and mental health disorders in low and middle-income countries. She has a particular interest in adolescent health research and is collaborating on projects evaluating strategies to improve HIV-related outcomes among adolescents living with HIV. She is currently leads a study to pilot an intervention to improve menstrual hygiene management in Uganda. | ||
Professor Weiss first worked on male circumcision research in 1999, leading the systematic review that first provided clear evidence that male circumcision was associated with a lower risk of HIV infection among heterosexual men in sub-Saharan Africa. She also led subsequent systematic reviews on different aspects of male circumcision including on safety of neonatal circumcision, and the effect of male circumcision on infections among women. | Professor Weiss first worked on male circumcision research in 1999, leading the systematic review that first provided clear evidence that male circumcision was associated with a lower risk of HIV infection among heterosexual men in sub-Saharan Africa. She also led subsequent systematic reviews on different aspects of male circumcision including on safety of neonatal circumcision, and the effect of male circumcision on infections among women. | ||
Professor Weiss has co-authored more than 270 peer-reviewed publications and is a member of the [[UNAIDS]] Scientific Expert Panel and the MRC Infections and Immunity Board, as well as the initial WHO Technical Advisory Group on Safe Male Circumcision.<ref>{{REFdocument | Professor Weiss has co-authored more than 270 peer-reviewed publications and is a member of the [[UNAIDS]] Scientific Expert Panel and the MRC Infections and Immunity Board, as well as the initial WHO Technical Advisory Group on Safe Male Circumcision.<ref>{{REFdocument | ||
|url=https://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/news/WHOVMMCGDG-Sep2018.pdf?ua=1 | |url=https://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/news/WHOVMMCGDG-Sep2018.pdf?ua=1 | ||
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Weiss has been a co-author of numerous papers to promote male circumcision in Africa (VMMC) in the mistaken belief that it prevents HIV infection. She obviously is biased in favor of circumcision. | Weiss has been a co-author of numerous papers to promote male circumcision in Africa ([[VMMC]]) in the mistaken belief that it prevents HIV infection. She obviously is biased in favor of circumcision. | ||
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* [[Bias]] | * [[Bias]] | ||