The ABC for AIDS prevention · 2006-12-18 15:15
Doctors have established the ABCs of AIDS prevention: Abstinence, Being faithful to your partner, and using Condoms, now there is one more C for this list: Circumcision for males.
Two studies in Africa by the National Institutes of Health have revealed, this procedure proved to be effective to stop transmission of HIV, informs Boston Globe
The underside of the foreskin in uncircumcised men has many immune system cells that are particularly vulnerable to the AIDS virus. Researchers in Africa have for years observed that members of Muslim communities that practice circumcision have lower rates of HIV infection.
An additional study of medical records in Uganda last year found that infected men who were circumcised were 30 percent less likely to transmit the virus to their female partners.
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