June’s winter initiation season will be the first test of a law to improve the safety of traditional male circumcision in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province
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Study advises VMMC for older men
Among South African men tested for HIV before voluntary medical male circumcision, the proportion testing positive increases with age
Celebrities support VMMC campaign
Well-known actors and musicians have joined a nationwide campaign to promote voluntary medical male circumcision in South Africa
Traditional cut not protective
Traditionally circumcised men in Lesotho are more likely to be HIV-positive than men who were circumcised in a health facility
HIV incidence drops in Rakai
The annual rate of new HIV infections has fallen by 42 percent over the past four years in one of the most-studied groups of people in Africa