Grant Makes Male Circumcision a Top-Tier HIV Prevention Strategy – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

NAIROBI, Kenya — Male circumcision is gaining recognition as a fundamental practice for limiting the spread of HIV across sub-Saharan Africa. Three conclusive studies conducted in African countries, including Kenya, have shown that becoming circumcised dramatically reduces a man’s chances of acquiring HIV from an infected woman. The challenge now is to transform this clinical knowledge into a public-health strategy that can save millions of lives.

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