Cutting HIV: male circumcision booms in Uganda

October 7, 2008

Like many cultural events, a male circumcision ceremony in eastern Uganda has its share of governing rules: the "candidate" is not supposed to see the surgeon until seconds before the cutting and his mother cannot be present.



Content from AFP expires 1 month after original publication date. For more information about AFP, please visit www.afp.com .

Similar stories from PHYSorg:


Male circumcision reduces HIV risk: No further evidence needed

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

HIV: Male circumcision does not shield women

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Circumcision doesn't protect gays from AIDS virus

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Theory explains why 25 percent of cultures cut male genitals

created Mar 07, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (34) | comments 4

Male circumcision reduces risk of genital herpes and HPV infection, but not syphilis

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 13


print this article email this article download pdf blog this article bookmark this article     Stumble it Digg this share on Facebook retweet share on Reddit add to delicious
Rate this story - 3 /5 (5 votes)

Rank Filter

Move the slider to adjust rank threshold, so that you can hide some of the comments.


Display comments: newest first


October 7, 2008 all stories

Comments: 1

3 /5 (5 votes)
  • Stumble this up

  • Digg this

  • share this

  • hide
  • Related Stories




  • hide
  • Relevant PhysicsForums posts

Other News

A child sleeping (Sleep)

Dreams may have an important physiological function

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 15 hours ago | popularity 3.7 / 5 (15) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dreams have long been assumed to have psychological functions such as consolidating emotional memories and processing experiences or problems, but according to a Harvard psychiatrist and sleep ...


People entering their 60s may have more disabilities today than in prior generations

Medicine & Health / Health

created 7 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a development that could have significant ramifications for the nation's health care system, Baby Boomers may well be entering their 60s suffering far more disabilities than their counterparts did in previous ...


Dopamine enhances expectation of pleasure in humans

Dopamine enhances expectation of pleasure in humans

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 12 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Enhancing the effects of the brain chemical dopamine influences how people make life choices by affecting expectations of pleasure, according to new research from the UCL Institute of Neurology.


Gene knockout may cheer up mice

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 5 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Removing the PKCI/HINT1 gene from mice has an anti-depressant-like and anxiolytic-like effect. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience applied a battery of behavioral tests to the PKCI/HINT1 knocko ...


Quarter of a million children in England at risk of skin cancer from sunbeds

Medicine & Health / Health

created 5 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An estimated quarter of a million 11-17 year olds in England are being put at increased risk of developing malignant melanoma by using sunbeds, warn researchers in a letter to this week's BMJ.