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From:	Gabriel ADEYEMO [ profile ]
Subject:	Sub-Saharan Africa adopts circumcision program....An interesting piece....
Sent:	Jul 3rd, 2011 - 18:39:35

	Source:* National Public Radio* http://www.npr.org/2011/06/27/137442660/sub-saharan-africa-adopts-circumcision-program Fellow advocates, STEVE INSKEEP, host: ... Four years ago, the World Health Organization determined that medical circumcision reduces a man's likelihood of contracting HIV by 60 percent. Since then, large-scale circumcision programs have been growing slowly in sub-Saharan Africa - two-thirds of the world's HIV-positive people live there. Now, one such program is gaining momentum because of the decree of a king. Anders Kelto reports from South Africa. ANDERS KELTO: Here in Pietermaritzburg, the capital of the eastern South African province of KwaZulu-Natal, the Boom Street Community Health Clinic is bustling. More than a hundred teenage boys are packed into a small room. Many are forced to share their seats. At the front of the room, a nurse holds up a wooden model of the male reproductive organ. She pulls back the foreskin, a brown sock, and explains the procedure the boys are about to receive... Click on the above link to read full article. -- Many Thanks Yours' in Prevention Science Gabriel, ADEYEMO Regional Focal Point - West Africa Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AID (GYCA) +234-80-6798-7317 \| gabriel (at) gyca.org www.gyca.org \| www.tigweb.org GYCA is a youth-led global network of more than 5,500 young leaders and adult allies working on youth and HIV/AIDS in over 173 countries world-wide. GYCA's mission is to empower young leaders with the skills, knowledge, resources and opportunities they need to scale up HIV/AIDS interventions amongst their peers. Universal Access is possible; * Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination and Zero AIDS-related deaths.*

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