Study advises VMMC for older men

Among South African men tested for HIV before voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC), the proportion testing positive increases with age, reports the Cape Times News. A study presented at the Eighth Annual South Africa AIDS Conference in Durban on 13 June found that the percentage of VMMC clients services who tested positive for HIV increased at age 22 and rose sharply among men age 40 and older (Cape Times News, 14 June 2017).