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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
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The programme, which started in 2008, targets is to have 600,000 voluntarily circumcised by October.
25 February 2013 | AllAfrica
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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
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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
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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)."
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10 December 2012 | Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
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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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ZIMBABWE will begin large scale circumcision of new-born babies in the new year as part of its crusade against new HIV infections. Officials say parents will have option to opt out of the procedure, which researchers say can reduce the chances of sexual transmission of HIV by 60 percent.
28 November 2012 | New Zimbabwe
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With this year’s AVAC Report, we’re setting the clock on the global drive to end the AIDS epidemic. It’s a goal that nearly all now agree is attainable. But it can only be achieved if an ambitious pace of funding, implementation and research is set—and maintained—starting now.
28 November 2012 | AVAC
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More than 380,000 Ugandan men have been circumcised in the last two years as part the government's HIV prevention efforts, new statistics reveal, but this represents only a fraction of the 4.2 million whic is the Ugandan government's target ,and which are needed to bring down HIV incidence, according to UNAIDS. HIV prevalence in Uganda has risen from from 6.4% to 7.3% over the past five years.
06 November 2012 | IRIN Plus News
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With just over one year left to achieve its target of having some 1.1 million men circumcised as part of HIV-prevention efforts, Kenya's government is ramping up efforts to bring more men into clinics, compensating them for their time and encouraging them to bring friends in for the procedure.
06 November 2012 | IRIN Plus News
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