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| header1 = Deputy Director:
| data2 = [[Stephen Lewis]] (1995-1999)
| data4 = [[Rao Gupta]] (2011)
| header5 = Related Organizations:
| data6 = [[UNAIDS]]
| data7 = [[World Health Organization]]
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UNICEF promotes the circumcision of children as HIV prevention policy.<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.unicef.org/esaro/5482_7884.html
| title = Medical male circumcision
| accessdate = 2011-04-29
| work = Eastern and Southern Africa
| publisher = Unicef
| quote = the Government and UNICEF are working together to introduce infant male circumcision
}}
</ref>
== ''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.
|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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== 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>
{{cite journal
| title = Swaziland Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07
| journal = Mbabane, Swaziland: Central Statistical Office and Macro International Inc.
| date = 2008
| id =
| url = http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR202/FR202.pdf
| accessdate = 2011-05-06
| 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)
}}
</ref>
==References==
<div class='references-small'>
<references/>
</div>
[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Circumcision in Africa]]
[[Category:CircLeaks]]
[[Category:From IntactWiki]]
[[Category:Construction Site]]
{{Infobox
| bodystyle = float:right; valign:top;
| title =
| titlestyle =
| image = [[Image:unicef.jpg|175px]]
| imagestyle =
| caption =
| captionstyle =
| headerstyle = background:#d2d2d2;
| labelstyle = background:#d2d2d2;
| datastyle =
| header1 = Deputy Director:
| data2 = [[Stephen Lewis]] (1995-1999)
| data4 = [[Rao Gupta]] (2011)
| header5 = Related Organizations:
| data6 = [[UNAIDS]]
| data7 = [[World Health Organization]]
| belowstyle = background:#d2d2d2;
| below =
}}
UNICEF promotes the circumcision of children as HIV prevention policy.<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.unicef.org/esaro/5482_7884.html
| title = Medical male circumcision
| accessdate = 2011-04-29
| work = Eastern and Southern Africa
| publisher = Unicef
| quote = the Government and UNICEF are working together to introduce infant male circumcision
}}
</ref>
== ''Children & AIDS'' brochure ==
{{Quote box
|title =
|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.
|source = [http://www.unicef.org/aids/files/ChildrenAIDS_SecondStocktakingReport.pdf Key Messages of Chapter 3. ''Children and AIDS.'' pg.15 (2008)]
|align = left
|width = 65%
|quoted = yes
}}
<BR CLEAR="all">
== 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>
{{cite journal
| title = Swaziland Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07
| journal = Mbabane, Swaziland: Central Statistical Office and Macro International Inc.
| date = 2008
| id =
| url = http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR202/FR202.pdf
| accessdate = 2011-05-06
| 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)
}}
</ref>
==References==
<div class='references-small'>
<references/>
</div>
[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Circumcision in Africa]]
[[Category:CircLeaks]]
[[Category:From IntactWiki]]
[[Category:Construction Site]]