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Male Circumcision Gains as Kenya Anti-AIDS Weapon

Health & Wellness  (tags: )

Kathy
- 136 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Sitting underneath the bright murals at a clinic, 22-year-old Elijah Ochanda gestures at his shorts and explains: "When they remove this thing, it makes you safer."
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Stephanie Colson (244)
Saturday May 24, 2008, 6:51 pm
Kathy that is so stupid who is telling them this crap.....

Big Gorilly Hugs
 

Juniper R. (96)
Saturday May 24, 2008, 6:58 pm
Free circumcision project?
How about they throw in a free condoms project?
 

Joshua Amos (2)
Sunday May 25, 2008, 12:15 am
For those with an open mind the facts are contained in the joint statement by WHO and UNAIDS:

New Data on Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention: Policy and Programme Implications
http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2007/mc_recommendations_en.pdf

"Conclusions and Recommendations

Conclusion 1: The research evidence is compelling
The research evidence that male circumcision is efficacious in reducing sexual transmission of HIV from women to men is compelling. The partial protective effect of male circumcision is remarkably consistent across the observational studies (ecological, cross-sectional and cohort) and the three randomized controlled trials conducted in diverse settings.
The three randomised controlled trials showed that male circumcision performed by well-trained medical professionals was safe and reduced the risk of acquiring HIV infection by approximately 60%.
The efficacy of male circumcision in reducing female to male transmission of HIV has been proven beyond reasonable doubt. This is an important landmark in the history of HIV prevention.

Recommendations :
1.1 Male circumcision should now be recognized as an efficacious intervention for HIV prevention.
1.2 Promoting male circumcision should be recognized as an additional, important strategy for the prevention of heterosexually acquired HIV infection in men.
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The jury is in and its only those who refuse to see that are still in denial.
 
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