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Article: Male circumcision for HIV prevention: research implications for policy and programming WHO/UNAIDS technical consultation 6-8 March 2007 conclusions and recommendations (excerpts).(ROUNDTABLE)(Conference news)
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- Reproductive Health Matters
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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Introduction
A number of observational studies indicate that circumcised men have lower levels of HIV infection than uncircumcised men. * On 13 December 2006, the US National Institutes of Health announced that two trials assessing the impact of male circumcision on HIV risk would be stopped on the recommendation of the Data Safety and Monitoring Board. The trials being carried out in Kisumu, Kenya, and Rakai District, Uganda revealed at least a 53% and 51% reduction in risk of acquiring HIV infection, respectively. ([dagger]), ** These results support findings published in 2005 from the South Africa Orange Farm Intervention Trial, sponsored by the French ...