Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Circumcision can halt Aids deaths (BBC)

Male circumcision could significantly reduce the burden of HIV in Africa, a study suggests. It concluded that the operation could avert about six million HIV infections and three million deaths in sub-Saharan Africa over the next 20 years. The findings build on research, published in 2005, that suggested circumcision reduced HIV infection risk in heterosexual men by about 60%
This isn't a new idea:
"I believe the evidence is now compelling enough to consider adding circumcision to the limited armament we already have against HIV-Aids..."

Robert Bailey, University of Illinois, 2000

Comments:
The other day, when doing one of those bday memes, I discovered AIDS was identified on my bday, back in 1981.
 
They can take my foreskin when they pry it out of my cold dead hands...
 
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