Tuesday, November 26, 2013

'Non-surgical' Circumcision Drive Launched in Rwanda to Fight HIV

Claiming to be the first country in the world to do so, Rwanda launched Tuesday a national drive to "non-surgically" circumcise 700,000 men in a bid to cut rates of HIV infection. The government said circumcision was one of its key strategies for "achieving an AIDS-free generation" in Rwanda, where around 210,000 people are living with HIV. Non-surgical circumcision involves a plastic device called PrePex comprising two rings and an elastic band that ...

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