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Effectiveness of male circumcision in preventing the spread of HIV

This article from Future Medicine reports on research into the effectiveness of male circumcision (MC) as a means of preventing HIV in Africa. Findings show an average 65 percent reduction in HIV infection as a result of MC, rising to 76 per cent in South Africa where HIV prevalence was highest. MC has also been shown to eliminate or significantly reduce the risk of acquiring or spreading many sexually transmitted infections including syphilis as well as human papilloma virus. More here

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Countries are not opting to use AIDS funds in ways that strengthen their whole health system: ( C. Connor / Health Systems 20/20 , 2008); This article from Health Systems 20/20 summarises four sessions from the Mexico 2008 AIDS conference that look at how the AIDS response is affecting country health systems. It describes presentations ...
More research is needed to improve implementation of ART programmes in resource-poor settings: ( M. Egger;A. Boulle;M. Schechter;P. Miotti / International Journal of Epidemiology , 2005); This editorial from the International Journal of Epidemiology questions the effect in equity of scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource poor settings. In Africa, Asia, and Latin America, w...
How to use interactive drama to address young people’s sexual and reproductive health: ( G. Gordon;R. Kidd;T. Mukiwa / International HIV/AIDS Alliance , 2008); Drama and creative interaction can be a good way to draw out discussion and reflection on areas that are taboo, personal or difficult to share. This toolkit looks at how readers can use interacti...
How an ageing HIV population is growing: ( S.E. Karpiak;R.A. Shippy;M.H. Cantor / AIDS Community Research Initiative of America , 2008); Almost 27% of all people living with AIDS in the United States are aged over 50. Heterosexual sex is emerging as the current dominant mode of transmission. One decade after the introduction of highly ...
HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector: ( HIV/AIDS Department, WHO , 2008); Despite progress made in scaling up the response over the last decade, the HIV pandemic remains the most serious infectious disease challenge to global public health....