Circumcision reduces HIV risk
Posted by admin February 24, 2007
Categories: AIDS/HIV, Disease Information, Infections, Sexual Health, Social Issues
Categories: AIDS/HIV, Disease Information, Infections, Sexual Health, Social Issues
LONDON – In an “extraordinary development” in the fight against AIDS, a medical journal article published Friday says that conclusive data shows there is no question circumcision reduces men’s chances of catching HIV by up to 60 percent.
The question now is how to put that fact to work to combat AIDS across Africa.
The findings were first announced in December, when initial results from two major trials — in Kenya and Uganda — showed promising links between circumcision and HIV transmission. However, those trials were deemed so definitive that the tests were halted early.
The full data from the trials, carried out by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, were published Friday in The Lancet.
