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.

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