Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Uganda: U.S. Aids Fund Targets Circumcised Males

THOUSANDS of Ugandan men could benefit from circumcision as a means to prevent the spread of HIV/Aids, thanks to a US fund to fight the pandemic in Africa.

President George Bush set up the fund a few years ago.

The Washington Post, a US daily reported last week that the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) - a $15 billion anti-Aids effort - would begin investing significantly in making circumcision available to African men seeking to protect themselves from HIV infectionread more

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