The biggest medical breakthrough of 2007 has been declared as the male circumsision. Trials done in Kenya and Uganda both found that male circumsisions reduced the risk of HIV by up to 65 percent. Similar findings were found during a study in 2005 in South Africa. The procedure is now recommended to help reduce the transmission of HIV through heterosexual sex. Some countries are doing their part to ensure that more males get circumsized including Uganda making circumcisions free and Rwanda has plans of conducting a mass male circumcision. More African's are now understanding that circumcisions is a major weapon in preventing HIV, now it just needs to be made safe and afordable to all.
I thought this article was very intersting, especially since we were discussing HIV this week. In my research that I conducted I didn't find much of an emphasis on circumcision, but then again my question was focusing on women.
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