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Article: VOA NEWS: NGO SAYS MALE CIRCUMCISION EFFORTS LAGGING IN AFRICA, DESPITE EVIDENCE IT REDUCES HIV INFECTION RISK
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 6, 2008
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The Voice of America issued the following story:
At the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, new findings show that male circumcision efforts are lacking in Africa, despite evidence the procedure helps reduce the risk of HIV infection.
Population Services International says years of research show that male circumcision can cut the risk of HIV infection in heterosexual men by up to 70 percent. It says making the procedure more widely available in sub-Saharan Africa could prevent about two million infections over the next ten years. What's more, it says, it could save as many as four million lives over the next 20 years. Male circumcision is the removal of some or all of the ...