Technical Advisory Group on innovations in male circumcision
Report of teleconference October 2018 and June 2019
Übersicht
In October 2018 the World Health Organization (WHO) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Innovations in Male Circumcision held a teleconference to consider updates on the clinical evaluations of 1) the elastic collar compression device Day_0 foreskin removal procedure, designed to mitigate tetanus risk associated with the standard Day_7 elastic collar compression device method, and 2) the vice clamp surgical assist device (see Annex 1. Agenda and Annex 2. List of participants). A follow up virtual TAG consultation was undertaken in June 2019 with the purpose to review additional expert opinions provided by the manufacturer of one device.
The WHO Secretariat opened the teleconference and introduced the members present as well as the external consultant on tetanus.
The key discussion points and recommendations from the consultation were to be shared with the WHO Guideline Development Group meeting in November 2018 and would be used to inform the WHO male circumcision device prequalification process.
