 
June 1, 2009
Botswana Launches Male Circumcision Initiative to Prevent HIV
Botswana’s government recently launched an awareness campaign to encourage 460,000 men to get circumcised by 2012 in an effort to reduce the risk of HIV transmission, Agence France-Presse reports. A UNAIDS report estimates that the effort could prevent about 70,000 new infections by 2025.
According to Botswana’s health ministry, the initiative was inspired by studies affirming that circumcised men were two to three times less likely to contract HIV. The Botswanan government is using television and radio to boost the visibility of the new circumcision drive and encourage men to visit clinics for the procedure.
It is estimated that the process could cost the country about $47 million.
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Botshelo Moitoi, Gaborone, 2009-07-28 03:24:39
Can i circumcise when im HIV positive and what might be complications if there any?
Mike Arnold, Nicholasville, 2009-06-02 21:23:45
How nice another group of people having circumcisions for the false security that it may prevent them from getting HIV.
The studies are flawed, if the same study were done in industrialized countries the results would be far different. Out of industrialized countries the US has the highest rate of HIV infection as well as circumcision! So much for the false notion that genital mutilation prevents HIV.
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