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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.

Published
04 March 2013
From
News-Medical.net
Circumcision
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.

Published
20 February 2013
From
Reuters
HIV prevention policy
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.

Published
06 February 2013
From
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)."

Published
10 December 2012
From
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Global health initiatives
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.

Published
30 November 2012
From
Washington Post
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Zim approves infant circumcision

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.

Published
28 November 2012
From
New Zimbabwe
HIV prevention policy
AVAC: Achieving the End - One Year and Counting

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.

Published
28 November 2012
From
AVAC
Circumcision
UGANDA: Mixed progress in male circumcision campaign

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.

Published
06 November 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Circumcision
KENYA: Push to meet 2013 male circumcision targets

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.

Published
06 November 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Circumcision
“All you hear about are the deaths, the injuries, the botched circumcisions": Xhosa psychologist Mthetho Tshemese discusses making traditional circumcision safer

Mthetho Tshemese is a psychologist from South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, the traditional homeland of the country's Xhosa community, in which traditional circumcision marks a boy's transition to manhood. Tshemese is also a featured author in a new book about HIV and gender, (Un)covering Men, in which he writes about this traditional, and controversial, initiation. He talks to Plus News about making the traditional rite safer and how to fit traditional ideas of masculinity into the modern era.

Published
09 October 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
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