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Implementation Of An Infant Male Circumcision Programme, Pakistan, Shazia Moosa, Ammar Ali Muhammad, Sohail Asghar Dogar, Sundus Iftikhar, Walter Johnson, Asad Latif, Lubna Samad

Section of Paediatric Surgery

Objective: To retrospectively review outcomes of a health provider-led infant circumcision programme in Pakistan.
Methods: Based on World Health Organization guidelines, we trained surgical technicians and midwives to perform circumcisions using the Plastibell device at two Indus Health Network facilities. Programme tools include a training manual for health providers, information brochures for families, an enrolment form and standardized forms for documenting details of the procedure and outcomes. Infants aged 1-92 days were eligible for the study. Health workers contacted families on days 1 and 7 after the procedure to record any adverse events. We compared the characteristics of infants experiencing …