Namibia: Health Experts Look At Circumcision in Aids Battle (AllAfrica.com)

Experts from across the country are gathered in the capital today (Tuesday) to review the results of the recent situation assessment on male circumcision and HIV/AIDS in Namibia.

Will male circumcision protect women, ask advocates? (Aidsmap)

Randomised controlled trials in high prevalence African settings have demonstrated that circumcision reduces female-to-male transmission of HIV by 50-60%.

Researchers Call for Male Circumcision to Reduce Spread of HIV in Africa (Gay Wired)

Male circumcision should be actively encouraged to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa, a non-profit group urged the XVIIth annual International AIDS Conference this past week. The conference, which took place in Mexico City, focused on current trends in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.

At global AIDS meeting, a sobering assessment (International Herald Tribune)

At the 17th International AIDS Conference in Toronto, no major breakthroughs were announced, cutting-edge research findings were rare, and the mood was much more somber than that in Toronto two years ago.

Uganda Launches Male Circumcision Drive To Help Curb Spread Of HIV (Medical News Today)

Uganda has launched a male circumcision drive in an effort to curb the spread of HIV in the country, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, the campaign -- which aims to circumcise more than 3,000 local young men between ages 12 and 18 -- aligns with a month-long traditional "circumcision season" practiced by some tribes in Uganda.

Kenya: Raila Backs Male Cut to Reduce Aids Infections (AllAfrica.com)

Prime Minister Raila Odinga has appealed to communities that don't practise male circumcision to reconsider their position.

At Meeting on AIDS, Focus Shifts to Long Haul (The Gadsden Times)

At the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, there were renewed calls for strong advocacy and financing to sustain gains already made.

Uganda in mass circumcision drive (TVNZ)

Ugandan authorities have launched a mass circumcision drive with the hope it will reduce HIV/AIDS rates in the east African country.

Lancet Publishes Articles About Presidential Candidates' Global Health Plans, HIV Prevention (Medical News Today)

The Lancet in its Aug. 16 issue published an article about biomedical interventions to prevent HIV, as well as the U.S. presidential candidates' global health plans. Summaries appear below.

Israeli AIDS organization launches circumcision effort in Africa (J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California)

It?s a fact that circumcision reduces the chance of female-to-male HIV infection by up to 75 percent. So with AIDS still devastating Africa, help has arrived from the world?s top circumcision expert: Israel.

Namibia: 'Namibia Not Scaling Up Male Circumcision' Yet'

Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Richard Kamwi, says Namibia has to mobilise resources and prepare the country's health facilities before scaling up male circumcision for HIV prevention.

Jews and non-Jews eating and not eating together...

Mike Bird has some texts on Jewish and non-Jewish table fellowship. Mike doesn't really add any comments but Loren Rosson does in the comments section: The problem of mixed table fellowship was ubiquitous, ...

HPV in Men: Treatment and Prevention Strategies

US Pharm. 2008;33 :HS3-HS8. Human papillomaviruses are small DNA viruses that infect epithelial tissue.1-3 There are about 100 types, and it has been determined that approximately 40 types infect the anogenital ...

Will male circumcision protect women, ask advocates?

Male circumcision is the only HIV prevention intervention that does not offer some protection to both partners, and may actually put a man's sexual partner at greater risk of infection, argued the women's ...

Circumcise babies to cut HIV risk: expert

WA's foremost sexual diseases expert has urged parents to circumcise baby boys to help protect them from HIV infection.

One size fits all prevention wrong fit for HIV/AIDS epidemic

At past international AIDS conferences, a session on prevention wouldn't have drawn enough attention to fill a large meeting room.

The cruellest cut of all

As the medical case for circumcision fades, angry campaigners are calling for a ban on a practice they claim violates human rights, says Jerome Burne Tuesday, 28 September 2004 Every day for the past six ...

Protective Effect of Circumcision against HIV Infection Is Sustained for Nearly Two Years

Protective Effect of Circumcision against HIV Infection Is Sustained for Nearly Two Years By Liz Highleyman Over the past two years, it has become increasingly clear that adult circumcision helps protect men ...

Uganda Launches Male Circumcision Drive To Help Curb Spread Of HIV

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Men's health Article Date: 15 Aug 2008 - 4:00 PDT Uganda has launched a male circumcision drive in an effort to curb the spread of HIV in the country, Reuters ...

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