Peer influence, better HIV counseling could encourage boys in Africa to be circumcised

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) With research showing that male circumcision reduces the odds of getting HIV through heterosexual sex by 60 percent, more boys and young men -- primarily those between the ages of 10 and 19 -- are having the procedure done, largely in eastern and southern African nations where circumcision is rarely performed at birth.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news