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Article: VOA NEWS: STUDIES SHOW MALE CIRCUMCISION REDUCES HIV RISK IN HALF

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December 13, 2006
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The Voice of America issued the following story:

By David McAlary

Two long awaited studies from Africa show that a man's risk of getting the AIDS virus heterosexually is cut in half if he is circumcised. As we hear from VOA's David McAlary in Washington, public health experts say circumcision can be a new weapon in the anti-HIV arsenal.

Many studies have suggested that male circumcision protects against HIV, but two new ones from Kenya and Uganda provide the strongest evidence so far.

The Kenyan trial of 2,700 HIV-negative men aged 18 to 24 shows that circumcision reduced their risk of AIDS from heterosexual intercourse by 53 percent.

The parallel Uganda study of 5,000 HIV-negative men ...

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