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Circumcision and HIV/AIDS : I work in development in a country where there is currently a big push for voluntary male (adult) circumcision to help in preventing the spread of HIV /AIDS. They don't circumcise boys from 3 months to 9 years, but they will circumcise babies (although ...

Zimbabwe Urges Male Circumcision to Reduce HIV / AIDS  - Sub-Saharan Africa remains the part of the world most affected by HIV and AIDS . Zimbabwe was hit hard in the early years of the pandemic, but has  ...

Non-Surgical Circumcision: PrePex Device Hopes To Decrease HIV And AIDS ... It's believed that circumcision "lowers the chance of a heterosexual male contracting HIV , or the virus that causes AIDS, through sexual intercourse by about 60 percent." Dr. Goosby is hoping the new device can be spread throughout Africa with funding ...

Circumcision reduces HIV /Aids infection - South Africa has been doing male circumcisions in hospitals for a long time but ... after being proven to be effective and reducing the HIV infection rate.

News : Circumcision vs HIV : In the recent years, circumcision has been cited as a preventive measure in the transmission of the deadly HIV virus and aids. However there is a growing concern that the use of one knife in circumcision ceremonies especially among the Maasai could be ... Asia | Africa | العالم العربي (AR) | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Male circumcision helping men to go for HIV testing  - MINISTRY of Community Development Mother and Child Health has attributed the high HIV /AIDS counselling and testing rate of men to the male  ...

Circumcision Cuts HIV -One Risk  - I had written about this issue a few years ago and below was a contribution from a colleague, Samuel Kumar of Kitwe who is an HIV /AIDS activist.

Circumcision not HIV foolproof - Rugunda... Rugunda also asked all Ugandans to play a role in fighting HIV /AIDS instead of ... At least 250 participants from 16 African countries and 14 US universities are  ...

Is circumcision a shield from HIV or just a trend? -  HIV /Aids has ravaged Uganda to devastating lows. The fight back that has taken the country through a journey of ignorance and fear at one time saw a ...

Malawi's Secret Weapon Against HIV : Male Circumcision - The small African country has significantly lowered its rates of HIV /AIDS — in no small part through circumcising men and adolescent boys. By Sarah ...

Uganda Registers a Decline in Male Circumcision Numbers - Circumcision has been widely favoured in the prevention of HIV /Aids after evidence from previous studies conducted in Uganda, South Africa and ...

Anti- HIV crusade bursting circumcision myths - More than 154,000 men and youth in Southern, Central and Lusaka provinces have reduced their risk of contracting HIV , the virus that causes AIDS, ...

US plans to give SA an extra $10m for male circumcision The additional money comes as the US is cutting back support to South Africa's HIV /AIDS programmes, moving money away from nongovernmental organisations that have provided services such as treatment, and shifting the funds to technical support.

Congo's Ebola Outbreak Highlights Dire Need To Improve Healthcare Supply Chains, Says ... - the increasingly critical need for improvements in Africa's healthcare supply ... life-saving medications for HIV / AIDS , tuberculosis and malaria, to antibiotics, contraception, circumcision kits and humanitarian supplies for refugees.

Health Worker Opts for Circumcision  - South Africa : Health Worker Opts for Circumcision ... His colleague, Cynthia, Moatshe-Mushi, an HIV and AIDS coordinator on campus, said she was proud of  ...

Circumcision device could save lives GAUTENG - The Centre for HIV and AIDS Prevention Studies wants to pilot a new male circumcision device that could save lives in South Africa . The device is already being successfully used in at least four African countries. Doctors are now hoping a new  ...

WHO Endorses Chinese Male Circumcision Device Against African AIDS Transmission  - Men line up and wait to be tested outside MSF's HIV mobile clinic in Gutu, ... Randomised controlled trials in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa have ...

Fake Healing Claims for HIV and Aids in Malawi - In this book Klaus Fiedler offers a candid critique of religious faith healing claims - a critique that extents to the Voluntary Male Medical Circumcision ...

Male circumcision helps reduce HIV in men and women  - The findings presented at the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne are from a study conducted in the township of Orange Farm in South Africa  ...

Circumcision not HIV foolproof - Rugunda... (L-R) US Global AIDS Coordinator Amb. Eric Goosby (left), US Amb. to Uganda Scott Delisi, Minister for Health Ruhakana Rugunda and Jimmy Kolker, Principal  ...