De la recherche scientifique à la recommandation de santé publique : la circoncision masculine dans le champ de la prévention du VIH

Perrey, Christophe; Giami, Alain; Camargo, Kenneth Rochel de; Mendonça, André de Oliveira

doi:10.3917/sss.301.0005

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“…The question of how effectively male circumcision prevents HIV transmission has long been debated (Aggleton, 2007;Perrey et al, 2012). This controversy started with the publication of clinical observations that the rate of HIV infection was somewhat lower among circumcised than uncircumcised men (Alcena, 1986;Fink, 1986).…”

Section: On the Way To Montreuxmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Hybrid forum or network? The social and political construction of an international ‘technical consultation’: Male circumcision and HIV prevention

Giami

Perrey

Mendonça

et al. 2015

Global Public Health

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The technical consultation in Montreux, organised by World Health Organization and UNAIDS in 2007, recommended male circumcision as a method for preventing HIV transmission. This consultation came out of a long process of releasing reports and holding international and regional conferences, a process steered by an informal network. This network's relations with other parties is analysed along with its way of working and the exchanges during the technical consultation that led up to the formal adoption of a recommendation. Conducted in relation to the concepts of a 'hybrid forum' and 'network', this article shows that the decision was based on the formation and consolidation of a network of persons. They were active in all phases of this process, ranging from studies of the recommendation's efficacy, feasibility and acceptability to its adoption and implementation. In this sense, this consultation cannot be described as the constitution of a 'hybrid forum', which is characterised by its openness to a debate as well as a plurality of issues formulated by the actors and of resources used by them. On the contrary, little room was allowed for contradictory discussions, as if the decision had already been made before the Montreux consultation.

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Section: On the Way To Montreuxmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…10, Nos. 5-6, 589-606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2014 an end to a long scientific controversy about this technique's efficacy, merits and limits (Perrey, Giami, Rochel de Camargo, & de Oliveira Medonça, 2012;Rochel de Camargo, de Oliveira Mendonça, Perrey, & Giami, 2013).…”

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Hybrid forum or network? The social and political construction of an international ‘technical consultation’: Male circumcision and HIV prevention

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Mendonça

et al. 2015

Global Public Health

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“…Poor nutrition, parasitic disease and malaria may raise the chances of contracting HIV, and also the onset of AIDS (Stillwaggon 2006). Male medical circumcision appears to significantly reduce HIV transmission from women to men during sex (WHO 2012b), although there are dissenting voices (Perrey et al 2012). Access to medication is important.…”

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“…There are dissenting voices. For example, see Perrey et al (2012) for a discussion of the controversial construction of the public health consensus on male medical circumcision. 2.…”

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Paying the price of HIV in Africa: cash transfers and the depoliticisation of HIV risk

Johnston

2015

Review of African Political Economy

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Despite biomedical innovation, HIV incidence remains high in some African countries. HIV-related cash-transfer projects propose a solution. However, the author raises concerns about their success from a political economy perspective. Where structural change is invoked by these projects, it is too narrowly conceived. Some cash-transfer projects focus solely on ‘nudging’ choices about risky sex, without considering the wider set of factors that increase HIV incidence. Consequently, the promise of HIV-related cash transfers is dangerously exaggerated. Instead they obscure the underlying causes of high HIV prevalence, by focusing on individual behaviour and a limited, neoliberal-friendly menu of options.

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Male circumcision and HIV: A controversy study on facts and values

Camargo

Mendonça

Perrey

et al. 2013

Global Public Health

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We present a controversy study on the association between male circumcision (MC) and HIV. Our general goal is to shed light on the issue, unravelling and comparing different conceptions of scientific evidence and their respective world views. We seek to reconstruct, based on an analysis of the literature on the topic, key moments in the history of the controversy about the association between MC and HIV prevention, analysing more closely three recent randomised studies, given their relevance to the argumentative strategy employed by those who defend circumcision as a prevention method. Following this, we present a synthesis of the main arguments against the three referred studies. In conclusion, it seems that reasonable arguments for a more cautious approach are not being adequately considered.

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De la recherche scientifique à la recommandation de santé publique : la circoncision masculine dans le champ de la prévention du VIH

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Hybrid forum or network? The social and political construction of an international ‘technical consultation’: Male circumcision and HIV prevention

Hybrid forum or network? The social and political construction of an international ‘technical consultation’: Male circumcision and HIV prevention

Paying the price of HIV in Africa: cash transfers and the depoliticisation of HIV risk

Male circumcision and HIV: A controversy study on facts and values

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