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    There is strong biological and epidemiological evidence that circumcised men are less vulnerable to HIV infection via heterosexual intercourse than uncircumcised men....

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  • Male circumcision

    There is strong biological and epidemiological evidence that circumcised men are less vulnerable to HIV infection via heterosexual intercourse than uncircumcised men. Circumcision is believed to...

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  • WHO approval of adult male circumcision device: UNITAID calls for more affordable products

    UNITAID welcomes the World Health Organization’s (WHO) approval for the first time of a non-surgical adult male circumcision device that can be used to help the prevention of HIV transmission, but warns that more market competition is needed to make these easy-to-produce tools affordable for supply to the world’s poorest. 

    07 June 2013 | UNITAID press release

  • Statement on World Health Organization prequalification of first medical device for adult voluntary medical male circumcision (PrePex)

    Today, PrePex™ became the first medical device for adult male circumcision to receive World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification as an alternative to the conventional surgical circumcision methods already recognized by WHO.  Medical devices like PrePex™ may change the landscape of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) scale-up by potentially simplifying the procedure and improving men’s experiences.

    03 June 2013 | PEPFAR

  • Circumcision plans go awry in Swaziland

    It was an ambitious plan to circumcise the majority of men in Swaziland, an effort to reduce the risk of HIV transmission in a country with the world's highest HIV prevalence. How could it have gone wrong?

    15 May 2013 | IRIN Plus News

  • Circumcision study supports HIV theory

    A new study offers support for the theory that removing the foreskin deprives troublesome bacteria of a place to live, leaving the immune system in much better shape to keep the human immunodeficiency virus at bay.

    16 April 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  • Macrophages allow entry of HIV in the urethra

    Having suggested in 2011 that the urethra is a novel entry site for HIV, a team from the Institut Cochin has now confirmed this hypothesis and identified the cells and mechanisms brought into play: the immune system cells macrophages, present in the epithelium of the urethra, allow the entry of HIV.

    04 March 2013 | News-Medical.net

  • Kenya: 580,000 Circumcize to Curb HIV

    The programme, which started in 2008, targets is to have 600,000 voluntarily circumcised by October.

    25 February 2013 | AllAfrica

  • Male circumcision tied to less sexual pleasure

    Men circumcised either as children or adults report less intense sexual pleasure and orgasm than their uncircumcised counterparts, according to a new study from Belgium.

    20 February 2013 | Reuters

  • The blame game that is taking Uganda back to ABC

    President Museveni has continuously blamed increasing HIV prevalence in Uganda on non-governmental organisations’ promotion of condom use, sex work and circumcision. “There are so many conflicting messages” observes Mr. Museveni.

    06 February 2013 | Key Correspondents

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis Of TasP Compared With Circumcision, ART

    Researchers examine "whether [HIV treatment as prevention (TasP)] is indeed a game changer or if comparable benefits are obtainable at similar or lower cost by increasing coverage of medical male circumcision (MMC) and antiretroviral treatment (ART)."

    10 December 2012 | Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report

  • Clinton reveals ‘blueprint’ for reaching an ‘AIDS-free generation’

    The world can control the AIDS epidemic in four or five years and set it on a trajectory to become a small, if permanent, problem, according to a State Department document made public Thursday. An “AIDS-free generation” — a goal that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton touted a year ago — could be reached by starting more infected people on AIDS drugs, circumcising men in high-prevalence countries and making sure that every HIV-positive pregnant woman is treated.

    30 November 2012 | Washington Post
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