Society guideline links: Neonatal circumcision

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Manual for early infant male circumcision under local anaesthesia (2011)

Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on newborn male circumcision (2015, reaffirmed 2021)

●Canadian Urological Association (CUA): Guideline on the care of the normal foreskin and neonatal circumcision in Canadian infants (2017)

United States

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on prevention and management of procedural pain in the neonate – An update (2016, reaffirmed 2020)

●American Urological Association (AUA): Policy statement on circumcision (reaffirmed 2018)

●Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Information for providers counseling male patients and parents regarding male circumcision and the prevention of HIV infection, STIs, and other health outcomes (2018)

●AAP: Circumcision policy statement (2012)

●AAP: Technical report on male circumcision (2012)

United Kingdom

●British Medical Association (BMA): Non-therapeutic male circumcision (NTMC) of children – Practical guidance for doctors (2019)

Australia–New Zealand

●Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP): Circumcision of infant males position statement (2022)