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This article discusses the relationship of male '''circumcision and HIV''' infection. For a | This article discusses the relationship of male '''circumcision and HIV''' infection. For a discussion of [[circumcision]] and other sexually transmitted infections, see [[Circumcision and STDs]]. | ||
Recently, circumcision has been heavily promoted as a method of preventing HIV. The [[World Health Organization|World Health Organization]] (WHO), now known to be corrupted, hasitly endorsed male circumcision as a form of HIV prevention in 2007, based on three | Recently, circumcision has been heavily promoted as a method of preventing HIV. The [[World Health Organization|World Health Organization]] (WHO), now known to be corrupted, hasitly endorsed male circumcision as a form of HIV prevention in 2007, based on three studies (2005) & (2007) conducted in Africa (Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda) which claim that male circumcision is supposed to "reduce the risk of HIV transmission by 60%."<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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As the safety, expected benefits, feasibility and acceptability of mass circumcision are all questionable, neither public-health interventions nor intervention studies appear to be defensible options before there is stronger evidence from observational studies in different settings that show lack of male circumcision may be a genuinely independent risk factor for the transmission of HIV.<ref>{REFjournal | As the safety, expected benefits, feasibility and acceptability of mass circumcision are all questionable, neither public-health interventions nor intervention studies appear to be defensible options before there is stronger evidence from observational studies in different settings that show lack of male circumcision may be a genuinely independent risk factor for the transmission of HIV.<ref>{REFjournal | ||
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|title=Male circumcision: a role in HIV prevention? | |title=Male circumcision: a role in HIV prevention? | ||
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Rosenberg ''et al''. (2018) report that circumcised men in South Africa are more likely to be HIV | Rosenberg ''et al''. (2018) report that circumcised men in South Africa are more likely to be HIV infected than intact men.<ref name="Rosenberg2018">{{REFjournal | ||
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|first=Molly S. | |first=Molly S. | ||
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}}</ref> Anti-retroviral treatment of infected patients also significantly reduces their ability to transmit HIV to others, by reducing the amount of virus in their bodily fluids to undetectable levels.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128495103 NPR.org]</ref> | }}</ref> Anti-retroviral treatment of infected patients also significantly reduces their ability to transmit HIV to others, by reducing the amount of virus in their bodily fluids to undetectable levels.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128495103 NPR.org]</ref> | ||
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* [[Foreskin]] | |||
* [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin]] | |||
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|url=http://www.nocirc.org/publish/11-HIV.pdf | |url=http://www.nocirc.org/publish/11-HIV.pdf | ||
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